Vacation Bible School

Recently I had the privilege to share about our ministry with a Vacation Bible School at one of our partnering churches. I got to tell them about how God calls all of us to be a part of his mission, and that He wants people everywhere to know Him. It was fun and the kids had a bunch of questions about what it means to be a missionary and about France. My favorite question though was, “What’s the deal with mimes?” If you’re wondering that now, I don’t have an answer, but I do have some pictures from the time.

June 2012: What, when and where

As you may have noticed, we didn’t have any blog posts in June or so far in July. This wasn’t intentional, we have been so busy we’ve only had time to think or daydream about blog posts rather than actually bring them into reality. But, a lot of great things have happened that I thought I would share. 

• Memorial Day Weekend: We enjoyed a visit with our friends, the Wailes, who came to Marblehead.
• June 1st: We met with our World Team coach Becky, who gave us encouragement and direction for the month.
• June 2nd: Our dear friends hosted the first ever French Night for us in Marblehead, MA and it went great.
• June 4th: Our small group began studying the book of Matthew.
• June 7th: I attended our church’s bi-weekly Pastoral Search Committee meeting as we continue to seek the next leader God has for Grace Community Church in Marblehead, MA.
• June 14–25th: We went to Ohio and had the privilege of sharing our vision for France with 2 church pastors and 10 individual families.
• June 17th: We spent the weekend with my parents and had a fun Fathers day at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• June 18th: The second French Night was hosted in Springfield, OH!
• June 19–22nd: Ryan got a fever and lost his voice for 3 days (sad).
• June 23rd: We attended a Bennett family cookout and had a great visit with some of Ryan’s immediate and extended family.
• June 26th: I caught the cold Ryan had and fought it for a while.
• June 29th: We made the last payment EVER for our college debt, we are now completely debt free!
• July 4th: We spent the birthday of America with our great friends, the Albertsons, in East Boston. We had to dodge a few of God’s fireworks (lightning) but it was a great time. 

Our zoo fun! 

French Night in Springfield, Ohio

It has been such a great summer, filled with many visits with our families and dear dear friends.