Once the offer on the house was accepted things went very quickly and we had a HUGE yard sale and sold a lot of things and then cleaned out my parent's home. The movers came and divided their belongings into three trucks, one for my parents, one for my sister and one for us. It was a job that no mover would ever want to undertake! However, they got it done and my parent's home was emptied, and we are now officially living in a wonderful mission home in Mint Hill, NC. (Which is east Charlotte) We LOVE this area and this house! It truly is a blessing to us and we are finding we love living in a rural area again. No traffic, no noise, no busyness. There is land all around us, and deer and birds, and flowers, and peacefulness! It is heaven! We are thankful!
This is about 1/10 of what we sold at our yard sale! It was fun!
This is down the street from where we live now. It is Americana at it's best! Families hanging out at the local Dairy Barn, getting burgers, fries and ice cream on a summer night. We love it!
This house sits on 30 acres of nothing but green. We call this area the "Oasis." If you can't find someone, we are sitting in the cool shade where the breeze always blows and we can just relax.
God is good.
During these crazy weeks, Jerod, Alex and Annie were quite absent. Rotten kids! ;o) Of course I am kidding! Jerod has been working at Camp Cheerio as a counselor for the past 6 weeks and he will continue doing that for the rest of the summer. He loves it and is so good at it! Camp Cheerio is a YMCA camp where I attended as a child and then was a counselor as well. Annie was also at Camp Cheerio for 2 weeks. She thrived there and hopes to one day be a counselor there as well. Alex attended an MK retreat in Costa Rica for a week and was in heaven there. We were told he was the "life of the party." So all 3 of them are enjoying their summer so far!
This is Patricia, Annie met her a year ago at camp and they have Skyped all year long. This was the first time they have seen each other in a year. It was so sweet to see them embrace and cry with joy at reuniting!
We celebrated the 4th at Camp with all of our kids! America is still the best country ever!
My baby grew up! ;o(
Alex on his way to Costa Rica!
Alex with some other Mks in Costa Rica, getting ready to have fun!
Greg and I had 3 days to ourselves, and things were a bit calm, so we celebrated our 22nd anniversary at a precious little cabin in Asheville. It was really wonderful to get away and just be. We visited the Biltmore House (which we never did when we lived in Asheville) and it was amazing! Great memories!
We have been praying that God would show us what He would have us to do with our future. He has now made it clear to us for now. Sometimes we love God's answers, and sometimes we don't. This was one of those answers we weren't excited about. Our mission board's medical department has reviewed our case very carefully and discussed with us the issues Greg may have if he returned to Mexico. We have now all decided it is in our best interest to stay in the United States. We don't know if that is for a few years or forever, but we know that God is in control and has a plan. We will trust it. So Alex and I will be heading back to Mexico in the next week or so to sell all of our belongings. ;o( Please pray for our time in Mexico and for our travels. Pray also for Greg and Annie as it will be hard that they are not with us. We will now continue to pray and seek out where God would have us to serve Him here in the US. We love you and truly appreciate your prayers!
