Picnic at Burnt Cabins

The week before we left PA we went to Blue Knob State Park for a picnic. We used to go there all the time when I was a kid! My kids had a blast! =) It was a very relaxing day until Korey almost ran out on the road...Praise God for His protection!!

Wednesday

Julianna & Korey
trying on a Peruvian hat

Heidi & Kylie

It was the first time I did Kam's hair like this! =)

Wednesday we were able to be at church here in Johnstown. It was kinda sad since it was our last time to be here. We've enjoyed being 'home' at the church here for a few weeks these past few months. They had a missionary service with Miss Rachel Steece who is a missionary in Peru. It was nice to sit back & listen to another missionary service! =) We will miss everyone at church here & will be praying for you!

Hermie

When we were in NC a few weeks ago, we found a box turtle on the road, & decided to keep it for the kids as a pet! Our kids, especially Korey love animals...and I was being extra soft in this area since their dog died while we've been gone. So, we got a pet carrier for this turtle and kept for it for a few days, but after awhile we figured out that it was probably going to die too, and since we didn't want to have to explain that to the kids, we released Hermie back into the woods in the mountians of VA. It was a very sad time. We all were crying but happy that Hermie could be back in the woods, and hoping he lived and found some new friends! They still are talking about Hermie but in a good way. If you ask them where he's at they'll tell you, "In the woods playing with his friends!" But sometimes Kylie gets mixed up and says that he was sick & died and is in Heaven with Jesus, like Cody.Daddy taking Hermie to the woods

He was clean but we added water to his cage to help him and he had fun! =)

Appomattax, VA

If you know much about our family, we love history! God has allowed us to visit a lot of historical places these past few months, but I think this was the most special for me! Appomattox Courthouse, VA was where General Lee surrendered to General Grant in the Civil War. It wasn't exactly the END of the war, more like the beginning to the end. But my great, great grandfather was there when that historical moment took place!
The kids & I on the steps of the McLean house, where the gerneals met & signed the treaty!

Korey's 2nd birthday pictures

Almost done!

As you can see by our schedule list on the side bar, we are almost done with our services! I've not counted the total recently but the last time I did it was about 50 or so services we've had! God's been so good to us and helped us, provided so many things we needed: new transmission, new tires, and a host of other things! We are at 28 % of our budget pledged per month! I did a little math the other day, we only need 139 people to pledge $10 a month to finish out our budget!

We are looking forward to getting back to Texas, we have some loose ends to tie up there and then hopefully by January we'll be able to move into Mexico on a more permanent basis! Our first aid kit project is coming along good!

We also were able to apply for our passports last week! That was a big project that was needing to be done and we finally got it done! I have lots of blogging that needs done but I've been working on so many other things, but I'm going to make this a priority this week!

Last visit with our NC family

A few weeks ago, we had our last trip for this tour to NC. We had a busy time with 2 services Wednesday & Thursday night, and spend the rest of every waking moment with Jonathan's family! It seems strange now but I hardly have any pictures of those few days. I guess we were just too busy having fun! =) Those fun memories will keep us going in the long months ahead away from our families!