Another week gone by

Wow where did this week go? It started with an awesome weekend with my dad. The kids were SUPER excited to see him and spend some good quality time with him. Samuel got to have sleepovers with Grampa in the men's dorm and that was neat. He found it really amazing when Grampa brushed his "real teeth" (dentures); at breakfast he informed mommy and daddy of exactly how Grampa brushed them. We spent Friday night and Saturday morning in New Orleans and it was great to get off the camp and into the city for a little 'down time'. Samuel loves going to New Orleans since he knows that's where he was born and Olivia just loves eating so we can find that out there too.

Harold and Sandra had to go home to Calgary for a funeral so it was a different week here at Pass. Busy like always but different. Willie is loving his drywall, mudding and taping job. Sounds strange because not very many people do. This week he got to work with experienced 'mudders' so he was really pumped about that (as pumped as my relaxed husband gets).

The kids were lovin' the group this last week, but like every weekend they had to say goodbye again. It's hard to believe we're on our last month already. It's going to be really hard in so many ways to get back to things at home because we enjoy this reality and are trying to take as much from this to apply to our lives at home. Working and living for others is so much more rewarding than the selfish life we live at home. But we miss the relationships we have at home and hope that we can just jump right back into them when we arrive. It's only about 6 months from home but the kids are already forgetting some faces and names so we'll have to do some photo study before we get home.

God has shown us again this week that He loves to make us smile. We love how He's in control. A contractor that came to MDS said that if he had a new crew every week there is no way he could get a house complete - but here we have that situation and homes are being built and in good time as well - that shows you that God is building the house... not man! Thank you Jesus!!