We have had another good week. Sorry this is so late to be posted for those who look at it early Saturday mornings. I still love to get up and do my blog on Saturday mornings, (and since we are 7 hours ahead of the East Coast, I can do it at my leisure and you can still see it when you wake up!) but today I was taking the girls to go ride. I found a little stable over near Village Market so we rode and went to Village (a mall) for lunch to celebrate Sallie's 10th Birthday that will happen next week end. The schedule is pretty full next week so we decided today was the day. It is actually nice to do it now because Trevor will be 18 on the 18th also and it is hard to eat 2 cakes in one week end! This way, we can spread out the calories just a bit!
Girls on ponies - you gotta love it!
Sallie is 10 - Can you believe it!
We had a great time riding and came home to eat cake and ice cream. It doesn't get any better!
Trevor has been living at a friend's house this past week. They are out of town and he is house-sitting for them. They have a great coffee machine so Trevor doesn't mind so much. He also likes the peace and quiet, but slept through dinner last night (he's been coming here to eat - its the only way I can get him to come back!) He completed 2 AP exams yesterday - these are 3 hours each, so was pretty tired and forgot to wake up to come to dinner - oh well! He made Pizza and cappuccinos for some Statistics study friends on Wed. They had a good time although not sure how much studying was done?
We are very close to moving forward with the RVA Art Center again. Negotiations are underway and we hope to have it settled this coming week. We are experiencing that thing about cultural differences about how what we see and hear and feel is just the tip of the iceberg: then you have the 90% below the water line. I can talk to someone from my culture and not even have to say certain things and they know what I mean. But, when you have a conversation with someone not from your culture and you think you are being clear, there is always some misunderstanding. It continues to amaze us. Pray that the outcome will be good for all involved.
The Bethany Kids is moving along slowly also. It is fun to see it being plastered and looking more finished. Here is a picture of the gutters (which have been the bane of Jim's existence in the last few weeks)! I think they are not very pretty (actually, pretty hideous), but that is just my opinion!
Only 10 weeks left to the school year! You can see I am counting it down. If you ask Jim he can tell you how many days left till we leave! We had a Caring Community last night with a bunch of 7th graders. We made pretzels and had ice cream floats. The recipe for pretzels was the Auntie Ann's and they were delicious! We must perfect this technique so I guess we will have to do it again - Darn!
My good friend Tracy is leaving this week for a 3 month furlough. It is time to say good-by again. I don't like that part. They are from Minnesota so hopefully we will see them sometime again.
So glad you are following our journey. We are coming to a close here, but will be starting again (as usual). We have seen clearly how God can use people like us in the world and are grateful for the chance we've been given to be here. Maybe there is another building in our future somewhere??
In His Hands,
Jullie T
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