It's been awhile since I've sat down to write so we'll start with March and hopefully bring you up to date.
The first week of March was our church's Mission's Conference Service Project week. It was super busy with a lot of extra events. Stephen had two groups of church members who came to serve at tutoring both days and then as a family we went to a local housing project and played with the kids who live there and painted their faces while sharing the gospel. My non-artistic husband even painted faces and did quite well - I was impressed! :-)
We celebrated Stephen's birthday with a date night out. Uncle John and Aunt Laura kept the girls for us.
The second week was the actual Mission's Conference. It was so good to hear from other missionaries of how God is at work all around the world and to worship with the body of Christ. It was such an encouraging week and weekend!
The same week we were able to visit with my childhood friend, Hannah. The last time I saw her was in Kenya, the summer after 5th grade. We got to meet with Hannah, her husband and two little boys. Caileigh was fascinated with the fact that she was my friend from when I was a little girl and that we used to live in Kenya! She asked a lot of questions. I think partly because we had just had our Mission's Conference at church and met lots of missionaries serving all over the world. Anyway, it was a good visit and so much fun to catch up! The kids enjoyed playing together on a local playground.
The first week of March was our church's Mission's Conference Service Project week. It was super busy with a lot of extra events. Stephen had two groups of church members who came to serve at tutoring both days and then as a family we went to a local housing project and played with the kids who live there and painted their faces while sharing the gospel. My non-artistic husband even painted faces and did quite well - I was impressed! :-)
We celebrated Stephen's birthday with a date night out. Uncle John and Aunt Laura kept the girls for us.
The second week was the actual Mission's Conference. It was so good to hear from other missionaries of how God is at work all around the world and to worship with the body of Christ. It was such an encouraging week and weekend!
The same week we were able to visit with my childhood friend, Hannah. The last time I saw her was in Kenya, the summer after 5th grade. We got to meet with Hannah, her husband and two little boys. Caileigh was fascinated with the fact that she was my friend from when I was a little girl and that we used to live in Kenya! She asked a lot of questions. I think partly because we had just had our Mission's Conference at church and met lots of missionaries serving all over the world. Anyway, it was a good visit and so much fun to catch up! The kids enjoyed playing together on a local playground.
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| Here Hannah (in red) and I (in blue/purple) are with our friends from 5th grade in Kenya. Please excuse the bad taste in style on my part and yes at that time I was much taller than everyone else! |
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| The girls and I with Hannah and her two boys - March 2012 |
I really want my girls to know about Africa since that is such a huge part of my life and who I am. When Caileigh was one, I started writing a children's book about it. Maybe it's time to pull that back out and finish it - even if it's just for her! :-)
The third weekend in March I was able to go with some other young moms on a weekend getaway near Asheville. Our husbands decided to send us all away for some time of un-interrupted fellowship. They planned it all which was nice, yet funny as we were all a little nervous about what it would be like. We were able to rest, hike, eat out, shop and overall get to know each other better. It was what I needed! I am very thankful for these women and for our husbands who knew we needed the time! I think for the most part the dads enjoyed the time with their kids as well - but I know Stephen was glad for me to be back. One of the only texts he sent me while I was gone was, "Does she ever stop talking?" :-) I think the constant chatter and singing was a little too much at times.
The next two weeks were pretty normal as far as normal around here goes. The last weekend in March we loaded up our SUV to head to Carrollton for KCP's Mission's Conference and then on to Disney to camp and spend a week with Stephen's family for Spring Break/Master's week. About an hour and a half into a 3 hour trip our SUV started smoking. We got off at an exit and after what seemed like a long time finally found a place to look at it. Long story short the transmission was toast.... We were able to rent a van and made it just in time to Carrollton for us to join our dear friends for a pizza dinner and worship and for Stephen to share what God is doing in Augusta. The next morning we drove to the Disney Campground.
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