Closing

Dawn is officially the owner of a home. Sometimes I wonder how I became the runt of the family. I seem to be a step behind, instead of moving out of our apartment into a house we moved in with granny. Instead of getting a job closer to home I took one 86 mile away. Am I crazy? Who knows all we can do is pray we are following God’s leading.

June Update

June has been pretty exciting in Oxford. We began our Sunday morning services (Sundays at 11am) and have had various families from Oxford attend. Please pray that God will continue to open doors to the community, allowing us to serve and share God's Love.

We just finished our first week of clubhouse and have already started week 2. Week 1 we averaged 35 kids each day, it was a great week. The kids went fishing with the Oxford Police and then visited the Zoo. Please continue to keep all the volunteers in your prayers as they look toward the next few weeks. Weeks 2 and 3 are understaffed, pray for God's provision during these weeks. Please pray for the children that their hearts will be opened to God's Love and that the stories they hear will become real and put a desire in them to know Christ.

Also end of July/ early August we will be sending a mission team out, the plans are still being put together, please be in prayer for the preparation of the trip as well as the hearts of the team that will be going. Please continue to be in prayer for the students that are on mission this summer, rather it be in Oxford, another state or another country. We have a number of students that have been obedient to His call. We pray that they have safe travels to and from, and that every encounter will be a testimony to the Gospel. Pray that they will stay focused and that God will change their lives in radical ways that will not be just for a summer but for a lifetime. Thank you for your prayers and support, you are a blessing!

Steve Retires

So it has been a pretty crazy week with Steve retiring. Steve is 3 bosses above me, he is basically the second in command on our floor. He is pretty easy to work with and pretty well like. So his retirement was kinda big deal so we went all out. The theme was Steve Goes to Training. We had certificates and a story book. It was lots of fun.

Clubhouse week 3 Movies and Horseback Riding

This week was about traveling. They took the kids Horseback riding, where they toured the stables and learned how to ride. Then on Friday it was off to the movies, they all got to go see Cars 2. The kids were pretty pumped.

Olive Garden, JoAnn’s, the Storm and Cleaning out the Basement

Dinner with Dawn and Swapna YUM! We had a quick chat and dinner at our favorite spot. Then Dawn and I headed to JoAnn’s with mom. We just needed to pick up thread and a few other things, and since we had a coupon we decided to go. We while at the store the lights flash a few times and the storm hit. We were trapped for a while since it was “raining cats and dogs” finally we braved or ran franticly to the car so we could head home. Once home Dawn and I headed to the basement to sort boxes since she had been looking at houses and was working on moving out.

Clubhouse week 2 Nature and Culture

So apparently this week was science week; the kids went rock hunting, the nature museum and to Huston woods. I heard the museum was quite amusing since there were costumes of animals and such. Josh is having tons of fun but defiantly wore out…2 weeks to go.

Rain Sticks and Noah… Happy Father’s Day

This week was my Sunday to teach the children at church, we talked about Noah and the arc. So for the craft we made rain sticks with the memory verse on them. Oh I forgot how much fun it is to teach 2^nd grade. I truly miss being a part of the church sometimes I wish things were different but for now I will wait for God to make the changes he sees fit.

JP Dental Apt, baby shower and cleaning…deep cleaning

Yea! No cavities. I went with Lynn to a baby shower for Josh’s Cousin’s Wife it was not too bad except I really don’t know them and ya know. After the shower Josh had plans to hang out with Nathan so I started cleaning, and cleaning, and cleaning. I worked on the basement and the spare room. I swept and mopped. I did laundry and dishes. I guess you can have spring cleaning in June right?

Father’s Day Dinner

This weekend was the father’s day banquet at First Baptist it was tons of fun and I had a blast making an underwater sculpture out of fruit. J

Mission team and Clubhouse week 1 Fishing and the Zoo

This week was official the start of Clubhouse for the summer. Christina, Amy and Josh are running the show. They are basically running a day camp for the kids in the community. This is a four week long program so we are praying for help and patience. This week we were blessed to have a mission team help out with everything. Each week they take the kids on field trips, this week was fishing with the Oxford Police and then Friday at the Zoo…no worries everyone returned home safely J.

Men’s brunch and Girls Night

Josh went to the Brunch with his dad and brothers. I left after my fruit setup and when home to chill/get ready for the 20 girls that were headed my way for our summer girl’s night. It was tons of fun we made pizza and for dessert we had a fruit pizza decorating contest. Yum we made GF pizza for me and my sis it was so yummy!

Quarter Auction

This was a first, Lynn has gone a few times and invited me but I have not been able to go until now. Basically everything valued at:

$1-$25 cost 1 quarter to bid

$26-$50 cost 1 quarter to bid

$51-$75 cost 1 quarter to bid

You bring your quarters and you bid on different items! Lots of Fun! There was Mary Kay products, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple, Longaberger, 31 Bags, and bunches of other home sale items.

Designing a Fruit Tower

This week was the men’s breakfast for Father’s Day. I was asked to make a fruit sculpture…they were pretty vague with what they wanted in particular so I sat down with D and we came up with elaborate Under the Sea meets Gone Fishin’ it was tons of fun!! Last night I went to work on the creation. I had a handful of youth that volunteered to help…they were helpful!! Everything turned out wonderful!! Pictures soon to come!!

Sunday Morning Kick Off

Morning service was good I ended up watching one of the kids that wanted his momma, we colored with Chalk and then after church Marie showed up for the block party! Yea Marie, we all miss her L

Garage Sale and XMen and a Melt down

Went garage saling with my mother and sisters today it was fun; I did not spend a dime. Which is probably a good thing J After the garage sales I headed home to see my hubby and the new XMEN movie. It was really good! We went with a bunch of the students from Miami. After the movie I had a slight melt down, possibly since I had been in Columbus all week and really felt like I was not a part of anything that I used to be a part of. It is really frustrating when you go from a role where you contributed and were asked to be a part to a role that is nonexistent and where people are afraid to ask you to help because of your situation. So rather than feeling a part you feel like you are being pushed out and don’t belong.

Two Night Not at Home

So each week I typically stay a night in Columbus to save a little on driving to get a little extra rest. However this week has been crazy. I was in cbus Tuesday night, came home Wednesday night, the banquet was Thursday so I stayed in cbus that night then tomorrow is garage saling with the family so I will not be home until Saturday afternoon. In Oxford it was the kids concert JP attended, after the concert Chad was teasing about how JP has not seen me this week and was asking if we needed to go to counseling. Well one of the students was very worried that we were really having issues…but we are not…we other that we have crazy schedules and I am ready for bed.

Girl Scout Banquet

Last night was Gwyn’s banquet for Girls Scouts she asked if Dawn and I would come, so we did. It was cute to see how much the girls had accomplished over the year. We also had red velvet cookies…yum!