Ministering in the military has many joys and sorrows. One of these sorrows is frequent deployments. Since we’ve known Chris, he has deployed twice (just in the past two years). One of the joys is getting to welcome these precious ones back from deployment. We joined his wife, Stephanie and daughter, Hailey a few weeks ago to see him return to Idaho.
Some other joys….(1) the Thimells are here and are already jumping in to ministry. They will be taking time later on this month and the next month for partnership development (raising support). (2) PWOC is starting up again for the Fall. We had our Kick Off last week and about half of the gals there were new to our PWOC.
(3) Babies, lots of babies! My dear Sharlene, gave birth two weeks ago to sweet little Joshua. I “helped” her by holding him a lot yesterday.
(4) Fellowship opportunities with other co-workers/believers. Last weekend, we joined forces with Fred and Diane Stock who run a hospitality house for Fairchild AFB in Spokane, WA. We each brought a group to NE Oregon (Wallowa Lake State Park) for a camping trip. It was a great time for everyone. We bonded as a group. We had perfect weather (during the day). We had a great camp site and gorgeous scenery. The only drawback was that it was VERY cold at night. One family had to leave a day early because it was just too cold at night. Still, that family is glad they came and would do it again (they would just be more prepared for the cold).
This (above) was the view from our campsite.
We are planning another trip with the Stocks next year. We are grateful to God for all of these things. We have a very busy, next few months. The next blog should chronicle our Pirate Party at the Dunes. Stay tuned.
