Life Lately

What is going on in our lives lately? You would think we'd be scrambling around like crazy people getting ready to go to school in January. But so far, all is calm. We are filling out the rest of our application for NTMA and we plan a visit to the Mission Training Center base in a few weeks. How exciting to see where we'll be living during our school days!

We were able to get out this last weekend and go to a friend's wedding and visit family this weekend in Iowa. Good fun and a nice chance to get away from the work for a bit. We had a nice visit with all and a nice relaxing time!

Jon thinks he will be done with spraying this week...?? He is working his regular shifts then during his "times off" he is spraying crops or doing flight instruction. So if he IS actually done with the spraying for the year, we'll have a lot more time on our hands to get ready to go! Jon wants to finish painting the last 1/3 of the house and put our house up for sale. Thinking we'll go with a realtor to get our house sold, instead of trying to sell it on our own. Pray that the right buyer will come in God's perfect timing. And if no buyer, a possible renter--a good, solid, rent paying, responsible renter! :)

Meanwhile, I am holding down the fort with the kiddos. Changing diapers, feeding everyone, cleaning up around the house, laundry,dishes, taking walks, running errands, reading books, doing crafts, starting up kindergarten with Jaeden and trying to let the boys play outside for as long as possible. We only have a few weeks of this wonderful warmth left, we don't want to waste it!The picture above is an example of finding fun things to do with the kiddos. A friend (of 4 busy boys) suggested shaving cream as something to do for fun if the boys needed something to keep them busy. Such a good idea! The boys spent a long time playing with the stuff and drawing pictures in it, finally adding a bucket of water to the mix. They were in little boy heaven! It worked to throw them in the tub right after this, they were already lathered up and smelled pretty nice.

On our tour of the Mission's school in a few weeks, I will be taking pictures and posting them on here to give you a glimpse of where we will be living.

Phone call and loud, busy boys and not enough brain power to think of anything else to update you on.

Please feel free to ask any questions if you have any, about anything about our journey to the mission field.

A special, "Hello" [wave] to Kirsten L. who I received an email from with questions about our missionary goals and is now reading our blog and interested in missions herself! :) Say hello to your family for us!

Pray a special prayer for Jon's 98 year old Grandma who is in hospice and will be possibly dying soon. She has not had anything to drink and has been unresponsive (but still has a heartbeat) for the most part. Although I hear a report that she was awake today for a bit. She is a believer, pray that she dies comfortably and peacefully in the Lord's perfect timing.

Toys are starting to fly around here...until the next post, we thank you for your prayers!