Well, don't expect much from this one. The work of ministry has been exceedingly busy which allows little time for blogging. I do make the time to read the WEBNET posts, but it is difficult to allot time to create anything new.
Close to two months. That is the answer to the opening question.
Since then, the progress on our church building has been encouraging (click here for some pictures).
We went to a "make-shift" Village Missions conference the first part of June. Our regular VM Conferences have been cancelled due to financial strains with Village Missions, but our district organized our own conference. We met at the church of a Village Missionary in Graeagle, CA. The weather was significantly cooler than June in Pahrump. Caleb and I went canoeing one morning (about 5:30am) and it was 36 degrees.
Following the conference, we spent a few days in Redding with the family (click here for a few pictures of our adventures).
Shortly thereafter, we took Lauri to Riverside to begin her official registration at CBU.
Then Lauri went off to Awana Scholarship Camp close to Oakhurst, CA, and Kim went back to Redding to Emily-sit while Brenda did a scrapbooking retreat (click here to view some examples of her incredible scrapbooking abilities).
Last week we had Vacation Bible School here at Pahrump Community Church. Lauri was in charge of music and I was signed up as her assistant (really!). Unfortunately, she was fighting a cold (or something) all week and with very little voice, she was unable to lead well, so we sort of switched roles. Everything worked out alright, but it was an exhausting week. The great news is that nine children prayed to receive Christ!
That brings us up to today (Saturday, July 18). This has been the hottest day of the year so far. After Caleb's Jeep wouldn't start while Kim was at a midday church event, we replaced the battery and the temperature was at 112 degrees... And the wind was blowing to beat the band... And there were storm clouds with lightening on the mountains just east of Pahrump... Which started several fires on the mountain... Yeah, good times!
Fortunately, we are preparing to leave on vacation tomorrow after church. We'll be going to Arizona to see the Grands (click here for the latest "grands" pictures); the temperature there was supposed to be 115 today!
Then we'll drive over to Texas to see Nanny. We'll take a short trip to Louisiana via Oklahoma and Arkansas. Along the way we'll pick up some geocaches (click here to get a brief overview of our geocaching hobby), then we'll see some extended family in Loisiana and we'll visit the old Walker homestead (this picture is from my April trip for Neen's funeral).
Please pray for safety as we travel.
2 comments:
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Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana here we come!
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