Last weekend we had a visit from Lance and Caroline, Jim's cousin's son and family. We have known this young man since birth and are so excited with the way God is working in his life. Now a trained pilot, he and his family are raising support to go out as missionaries.
It was a joy to get acquainted with the whole family.
Little brother had such a fascination with this "turtle" lamp! He also became rather possessive of it!
Sunday was Pastor Appreciation Day, so we honored this man! I praise God for the wonderful husband that He has given me and for the ministry that he has to so many people. He honors God by his life...we honor him for his Kingdom work.
We were so happy that all of our grandchildren and three of our sons could be with us for this day.
E was delighted to be with Uncle Mark
The women from church served a "Taco Bar" for the luncheon; it was delicious!
At clean-up time, a whole chest of ice chunks was dumped on the ground. These little ones flocked around the cubes...
...and who knew that ice could be such a fun toy!!!
Back home that afternoon, littlest boy found these African monkey statues, and started to haul them around.
They are quite heavy (about 6.5 lbs) but he decided that they needed to be moved off the shelf and onto their own "stool."
He was quite pleased with the results of the first fellow ("hear-no-evil")...
...so he went back for #2 ("speak-no-evil")
...and finally he had the third guy with the group ("see-no-evil"). He was very pleased with his group of monkeys and just stood there and looked at them and exclaimed, "Eeash!" (his most popular word at the moment)
Meanwhile, mommy had the older kids doing crafts...
...with intense concentration.
And then they proudly showed off their finished projects.
(This little girl even endured the sticky glue on her fingers!)
Oh, so proud!
And in another corner of the house, daddy was faithfully watching the Vikings game, hoping once agin for a win...
there was also time for reading a book or two...
trying on a hat...
watching a video...
of just hanging around!
These little cousins became best buddies.
We were even treated to several musical numbers...
a song or two...
and another simpler song by the little boys! There was alot of activity with 6 little ones under 4!
Later we had time for swinging...
pizza supper...
M was also able to join us after he finished work that afternoon.
Then we all tried to listen as Lance shared about his vision and the work that he and his wife would be involved in.
God's blessing L&C as you continue to pursue the things that God has in store for you. May you be a blessing to all those that you minister to in the coming months and years.
