School Started!!!

This Tuesday we started school. The kids were all glad to start, but no one was as excited as Hannah. She was just overflowing with excitement!!! It is a blessing to be able to do the ABeka DVD's. The Lord has been very good to let us do that and to give us a house that has enough room to be able to accomodate the setup for it. Getting back to a routine has been really good and although it keeps me very busy, it helps keep things running smoothly.

Visit from Jason and Sarah Knabb

Last Monday we had a surprise visit from some missionary friends. Jason and Sarah Knabb are helping out missionary Steve Miller in Queretaro, Mexico. Ron and I both went to OBC with Sarah (Sloan). Sarah was my roommate and we had a great time visiting and talking - hard to imagine all the Lord has done in our lives since college days! Our two day visit with them was a lot of fun. We went with all our kids to the Morelia zoo. The boys both had fun pulling a wagon around with their oldest two - Gaby and Kenneth. Sarah has four kids now - wow! And with our five we were quite the crew at the zoo!

Here is a picture of the Knabbs - Jason, Sarah, and their four kids - Gabriela, Kenneth, Jacqueline, and Stewart.






Sarah and I - praise the Lord for good friends.

Sunday, August 12th Services

Just want to let everyone know what has been happening here. This past Sunday we had very good services with 49 in the morning and 39 in the evening. There was a good spirit in both services.

In the morning we baptized Lupita. That was a blessing! She has been coming for a while and it was a difficult decision since her parents were not for it.

In the evening service we had a farewell fellowship for Sarah Stokes (our kids call her Miss Sarah). She was with us here in Morelia for two and a half months and was a real help and blessing to us. Our family and the people here will miss her.

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Surprise Party

The kids were excited to welcome us home with balloons!

Then came the banners!

And the cake and flowers!

While we were gone for our anniversary, the kids stayed with "Miss Sarah" (Sarah Stokes). They had a lot of fun and one of the things they did was plan a surprise Anniversary party for our return. They made banners, put up balloons, got us a cake, and gave us flowers. They really had fun!!!!

Our Tenth Anniversary

Well, we have been married for TEN years now. In some ways it seems like it can't be possible, but on the other hand it seems like we have always been together. We are very thankful for the Lord's blessings in these past ten years. They have been the best years of our life!


To celebrate, Ron and I went out for two days and stayed in a really neat hotel overlooking Morelia. It was wonderful! We had a super time.

Day at Tzararacua Waterfall

We went to the Tzararacua Waterfall here in Michoacan with the LBC group from California. It was great! We rode down to it on horseback. The kids loved it!