Moving Time

The family at our Lincoln Apartment.

 

 Well, we are packing house once again.  It seems like we do this a lot.  The packing can be frustrating, but it's the good byes that are hardest.  We've made some good friends while living here in Lincoln.  I'm a bit surprised, and grateful because last furlough we didn't make any new friends.
  
  As of next Tuesday, we'll be officially moved out of this apartment, and between then and when we arrive at our house in Arusha in early September, we're "between homes".  This is one of the hard parts of missionary life, the transition period.  I wish we could just magically "be there", in Arusha, in our new house, unpacked and ready for our next term on the field. 
   
   I am going to miss a lot about living in Lincoln: our friends, our church, the girls' school, conveniences, smooth roads, parks to name a few. 
   Onward to the next adventure!

Summer is Flying By!

Wow!  This summer has been non-stop for us, and it isn't going to get any slower before we return to Tanzania.
       We started with a week of camping with my parents.

 

 

 

   After that, Heather got to go to horse camp, and she won two blue ribbons!

 

 

 

Then, we had VBS at Hebron Christian Church.  So fun!

 

Halfway through the week, Bill left for Tanzania to lead a short term group from Connect Christian Church.

 

 

From there, the kids and I went to visit Bill's sister in LaGrange, IN.

 

After that, the kids and I returned to Lincoln, IL for their VBS.  (Sorry, I didn't take any pictures!)

 

 

Then, I dropped Katrina off at camp...

 

        ...while Jonathan, Heather and I went down to my parents for a week.  While there, we went to the Magic House with friends...

 

 

 

     ...to the zoo with my brother...

 

    ...and to the Botanical Garden with my parents.

 

 

   We then returned to Lincoln to pick up Katrina from camp.  Now, I'm packing up the house, and preparing to pick up Bill from Chicago... He'll be home in less than a week!!

          That is our summer so far!