National Hoops

I arrived home from traveling and hit the ground running! :-)

I love to stay busy, though!

And what could be better than helping my dear cousin Rachel?! :-)

Last week we had the National Hoops team come to our church

and do a teen outreach.  It was nice to be on this side of

it and totally understand how they felt traveling all around,

staying in new places, and visiting new churches! :-)

We really enjoyed having them come!

Hope they can come back soon!

 Registration Table

L to R:  Adah, Emily, and Abi

(Adah & Emily are the two girls who travel on the team)

 

Dikchhya & Mary at the Nurses Station

Dikchhya is a friend of Mary & Suzy's from PCC.

She's staying with my cousins for a couple of weeks

before she goes to work at the Bill Rice Ranch.

She's so nice & such a servant!  

It's been fun getting to know her & having her around!

 

Pab doing an amazing lay up!

 Pab & his teammates

 

We had a great crowd!  Over sixty visitors!

 

And we had excellent refs! :-)

 

Lydia with Haydn & Hunter

Haydn & Hunter are two of Mike Washers' sons,

the director of National Hoops.

 

Mary did an awesome job in the shooting contest!

Look at that height!

 

Rebekah & Adah keeping score

 

 

Paul Reiman loved all the attention at the shooting contest! :-)

 

It was awesome to see all those that responded to the

gospel message!  There were 15 salvation decisions!

 

 

What amazing photography, Tab! :-)

 

Mike Washer & the team did a great job!

 

Love this pic, Jo!

Some of the winners

Awesome to see all that came out & all that were saved!

Please pray for remaining fruit!

Goodbye...

 

This past Friday was my final day teaching Stephanie,

Janna, and Annaleese... it was kind of weird to be

ending after three years with them!

The girls made a special breakfast of pancakes, bacon,

and eggs for us on Friday morning.  It was so sweet!

They then surprised us by decorating

our "desks" and hanging a banner! :-)

 Janna wrote me a poem and read it to me.

She also wrote songs for both Ariel & I, which the girls sang.

It was beautiful!  They're so creative & thoughtful!

 Leesie's confetti decorations & card that she made for me! :-)

 This is the song that Janna wrote for me.

 And this is the poem that she wrote.

She's an amazing writer!  Definitely has a talent for it!

Report Cards

Three years of hard work and all I have is these

little pieces of paper to show for it?! ;-)

 I made collages for each of the girls remembering the

fun times that we've had these past three years...

 I also made one for Dr. Jim & Mrs. Van.

 

We'll miss you, girls!

Memories from the past years of traveling...

 My first time traveling with the Vans in 2007 for a practicum.

The girls all look so young!  Who ever knew I'd be traveling again?!

 Stephanie was "my girl" :-)

Fall 2009

My first semester officially traveling as the teacher!

 

Enjoying the great outdoors while we do homework :-)

 

Spring 2010

 

Silver Dollar City adventure with the Brudnaks! :-)

 

 

Field trip to the Abraham Lincoln Museum

Can you pick us out of the crowd?!

Fall 2010

My second year!

 

Spring 2011

 

Free Disney is always fun! :-)

 

The Canadian Rockies were beautiful!

Fall 2011

And yet another year!

I wasn't planning to stay for a third year,

but the Lord had other plans! :-)

 

Relaxing before a FULL day at Disney!

 

I'll miss Leesie's hugs!

 

Gum Wall in Seattle, Washington... yuck! :-)

 Silver Dollar City

Glad we got to go to the cave on our second visit! :-)

 

Our picnic attempt... remember?! ;-)

 

Going to see the Black Hawks at Fort Campbell

Leesie made an awesome co-pilot! :-)

 

Photo shoot with Tab

Glad we were still able to get some great pics

even though you forgot to charge your camera, Tab! ;-)

I will miss you, Dr. Jim, "Mama Van", and "my little women"!

Thank you for giving me the privilege of teaching and 

traveling for three years!  It's a time I will treasure and

there are many precious memories I will never forget!