It has been soooooooo long since I have even considered writing in this blog!!! The summer has flown by with my house loaded with nonstop people starting the first of June until just about a week ago!! Seriously we are talking family, kids, grands, pastor and wife with 4 children and once even a dog visited!! I totally loved having the company but must admit by the end I was extremely exhausted and ready to just retreat to the bed.
There were times of camping, outside night fires, swimming, kayaking, shopping, eating, grilling, eating, playing, eating, talking - did I mention eating? After the last toy was picked up, the final bed washed and remade, and my house whipped back into shape, I rested and rested and rested. We are up and ready for more excitement now! The kids are all scattered about this Labor Day weekend so we invited one of our pastors and wife to a lunch on our deck, it was a good day! Tomorrow is our last day at one of our small pastorless churches we have been working with the last few months. We praise the Lord He has provided a shepherd for this flock and it is time to move on to the next church in need of our ministry. Donn and I are truly loving the work we do in this association. It is home and we are able to get to REALLY know the members of the churches we work closely with while they are without a pastor. God is good, all the time and has blessed us beyond our imagination! Three of our churches now have new pastors who are becoming Michiganders!
We would appreciate your prayers as we will be traveling back to the other side of the world in October for a 3 week vision trip. Some friends, a pastor and wife will be going with us! Excitement is building for all that Father will do as we seek His will and divine appointments. I look forward to taking our friends to the land and people we love! Have an awesome Sunday worship!
Living the Life.....Dianne