The War in Sheridan, Michigan

 

Beth Haven Baptist Church & Academy

 

Nicole & I stayed with the Whitney Family in their beautiful, country home!

 Do you like the Goforth bedspread? :)

 I enjoyed spending some of my evenings laying on this hammock

outside.. I think it might just be a must in any home! ;)

 I had to get a picture of Leesie's way of doing her math facts!:)

 As we were selling t-shirts on Wednesday morning we met

this cute little girl.. she was just precious!:)

 Some of the teens from the academy..

we stayed with Kiersten, the girl in the middle.

Poor Janna.. she "cracked" her finger playing tetherball,

so now I can also add "nurse" to the list of things I do!;)

 

We had really good War nights.. I think the high was like 110 teens!

 Who says you can't have fun while working?!:)

 The girls made some friends this week..

And even gave them some violin lessons this week (next picture).

 Spoke Tackle

(David McNeilly, who traveled with us last fall doing the War,

visited and, of course, once again, had to be in the center of the

tire tubes during Spoke Tackle!:))

 Friday night.. we had to do Big Ball Bowling in the gym

because it was SO windy outside!

 We had fun trying to squeeze everyone in to the War

room!  It was a good problem to have!:)

It was awesome to be able to lead a young girl to the Lord..

We had a good week and really enjoyed being with the people

at Beth Haven..  the teen girls especially were very sweet and

it was refreshing to see their love for the Lord and desire to serve Him!

Calvary Baptist Church and Academy in Midland, MI

 

This is the nice, new room that Nicole & I schooled

in this week.. We enjoyed our "Fireside Room"!:)

 When we arrived I felt right at home with all the Michigan

stuff!  I just loved it!!! :)

 

Nicole & I enjoyed our little car this week :)

 We stayed with the sweetest couple and their daughter, Kari...

 

Mom, Dad, and Philip surprised me and came and

visited on Sunday night! :)

 "My girls" looked beautiful in their matching outfits!

 Do you like our purple team shirts?! :)  I do! :)

 On Monday night we went to a couple's house for supper..

We enjoyed eating outside on their deck.. it was BEAUTIFUL! :)

 Can you tell we enjoyed our ice cream cake?! :)  YUMMY!!

 On Tuesday night we went to a cute little country home

to eat supper.. and as we left, our hostess gave us 

each a candle to take with us! 

 On Friday, we went outside to watch some hot air 

balloons get blown up.. it was pretty neat!

 We had some awesome War nights!

 

The girls getting ready to play for Friday chapel..

The team spirit was great! 

Some Navy Seals got all dressed up for the final War night!

We started a little later and testimonies lasted until almost 10pm!

During and after testimony time we had several young people saved!

  Probably at least half of the people invited came because their friends 

invited them.. It was awesome to see the Lord use the teens to reach teens!

Brooklyn Joy's Arrival!!!

I woke up to a call last night around 2am our time from Stephen..

When I saw who it was I figured it must be the good news that

Tina had finally gone in to the hospital!  Sure enough!  Yea!!!

Little Miss Brooklyn Joy was born this morning around 4:15.

I still need to update from our weeks thus far in Michigan, but

I just had to post a picture of my adorable little niece!

Isnt' she just SO precious and beautiful?! :)



Back in Wisconsin

 

After Indiana, the Ingrams and Swansons left and Carl, 

Marty, and I traveled back to Wisconsin to meet up with

the rest of the team where we would then leave the following

Saturday for Michigan.  We were able to get in on opening

meetings for BCM.  The Lord really used them in my heart!

It was a good spiritually as well as physically refreshing week!

I was able to stay with Steve, Tina, and Levi for the weekend.

We had so much fun!  

I so enjoyed getting to see "my little man" again!:)

 

Don't you love his "Michigan" coat?!;)

He was having a lot of fun beeping this horn!:)

 

So handsome, isn't he?!:)

 

Don't we wish we all woke up from naps this chipper?!;)

I was trying to get him to say "Tiz", and this is what he does!:)

Where's Levi?:)

He loves to play peek-a-boo with his book!:)

Can you tell I'm a proud aunt?!:)