4th of July

Okay, here is the update from the 4th of July.

In the morning we had class as usual. The girls went to COD and we attended our class.

For lunch we had a sack lunch picnic on a hill in the shade The weather was beautiful. After lunch the COD kids had a car wash and lemonade sale to raise money to buy air time to send a message of God's love into North Korea. They worked hard and have been able to raise enough for 5 minutes of time. Their goal was 1 minute. Praise the Lord for answered prayer.

Lisa and I enjoyed some time to walk around hand in hand. Annalise joined us as went sat near in the shade near the creek. It was beautiful to listen to the creek and the wind blowing through the leaves of the trees. Not to get too spiritual, but it was great listening to nature praise God - a topic that has come up in class a few times.

Later I helped grill hamburgers and hot dogs for a real American cook-out. The food was almost as good as the company.

Later there was volleyball and general goofing off. Alayna was able to sweet-talk her way into a ride on the flying squirrel. She loved it! She even tried to get upside down, but wasn't quite able to do it.

Of course what is a cook-out without roasting some marshmallows?

As it got dark, some people lit off a few fireworks. We had decided not to go into town for the big display because of how late it would be when we got back. Since we had school today, we couldn't get away with staying out too late last night. We still kept the kids out later than we should have, but it was earlier than if we had gone out.

Here is a slideshow of our day...

Today we had our intercessory prayer time. The kids facilitated the prayer and led a time of worship. Alexie sang back-up. She even played the piano for one song. Each group creatively presented a passage about prayer. They did a fantastic job. While there were other nations that we prayed for, I stayed near the Myanmar display and prayed for the people and missionaries there.

After lunch we had small group time. Once again, the men went to the widow who lives near the campus and chopped wood, cut down a dead tree, did some general cleanup, etc. I enjoy helping her. She is a lot of fun. When she greeted us at the door, she said, "Here are my angels!"

Grace,

Tom

p.s. Happy Birthday to the newest member of the Geezer Club!