A Fun Weekend

So, I still don't have pictures that I can post but we did have a fun weekend. Friday night we enjoyed dinner with our friends the Rice's. They have three children so all the kids had fun playing together. Their youngest, Maren was dedicated at church the same day Grant was and now they are in the same class at school. They have quite amazing stories as they lived in Indonesia for 2 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators. They were telling us how there are over 7ooo languages spoken in the world!! In many of the villages in impoverished countries, many of the people speak a language but have no written language. So, through a very detailed and long process the translators work to develop a written form and then write a Bible in that language. They were saying that in one of the areas they were in, a Bible is just now going to print. From when the process started to print has been 20 years!! It is an amazing ministry. And it was neat to see their pictures and hear about their experiences!

Saturday we had our Lifelink (adoption agency) picnic. Or so I thought!! Here comes a major blunder on my part! So I had really been looking forward to this picnic to have the opportunity to talk with the other families who have or are in the process of adopting . I make all the food I need, pack the car the night before, fill the diaper bags with all the necessities and we head out. It was about an hour and a half drive. We finally get there and stangely enough, no one was there. It was at that point that Mark looked at the paper that the agency had sent with all the details. In bold print at the top was the date for the picnic. September 13th!!!! Oh no! My first thought was, "how fast can I get out of this van!!" Thankfully, Mark laughed and shook his head at me. This happens often. At least it was at a place where there are things to do. It is called New Salem and it is an old village from the 1800's. The kids had fun running around and looking at all of the buildings and shops. The highlight was getting to see how they skinned raccoons. I took that time to go the restroom! So, even despite my mistake we had a fun family day.

Sunday was pretty low key. Mark had to show some homes so after church I got the kids down for nap and I did some things around the house. That evening Mark and I went to our small group and then went to the grocery store. Not much of a date but time alone just the two us is always nice!

Yesterday was laundry day and we had a friend over to play and in the evening I went to my women's Bible Study. We are doing a study by Priscilla Shirer. It is on learning how to hear from God. Two weeks in and it is a great study. I am praying that I will be diligent to get my daily homework done and not do the entire thing Sunday night!

Today is a school day so after taking Grant to school, Alex and I went for a walk and then to the children's second hand shop. I love when I get things so cheap and they are like new! No guilt shopping is great! Tonight is an open house at Grant's school. I'm looking forward to him showing us everything he has done. That's it for now!