I'm happy to report that after four days of lying around sick in bed, I'm finally better and can even breathe through my nose! Yay! Never take your nose for granted! Yesterday Walter and I bought a new motorcycle to replace ours that was stolen on Saturday. It's nice to have some wheels again, but it's sad that we had to dip into our pick-up truck fund to replace it. We're just a little farther away from getting the pick-up truck and even farther away from building a house now. *Big sigh...oh well, the good news is, God provides, and he did provide for us. We are thankful that we had a savings to fall back on. Also, our refrigerator broke and we had to buy a new one AND we are putting on a new roof this month. Is this what life is going to be like from now on? So long, spontaneous vacations and frivolous purchases of my singlehood! Eh! More like good riddance. The truth is, I love being married, challenges and all. Besides, it makes it a lot easier that my husband is the coolest guy on the planet.
Coolest Guy on the Planet
As far as the Camp PETRA goes, Walter and I along with some friends have been going out to clear land to prepare for a camp in January for the youth group at our church. We've cleared land for the campground and soccer field. Now we just have to maintain it and work on building bathrooms and possibly bunk houses if we have the time and resources. We're also planning to build an obstacle course that ends in a pond. But first we'll have to drain the pond of its murky water to get rid of that pesky eel that's lurking around ("Beware the shrieking eels!"), and then we'll have to refill it. We could just go to the lake for water activities, but it's farther away from the campsite and there are piranhas there, so, you know, liabilities, blah blah blah...just gets complicated. I mean, would you sign a permission slip for your kid to play in piranha infested water?
Dick and Vann clearing land for the soccer field
Walter and Solomon
Me workin' the weed whacker
Piranhas! (Photo from Google Search)
I've also started co-teaching dance classes with a really awesome lady, Olivia, who is a teacher at SAM Academy this year. She'll be leading the little girls' dance class and I'll be leading the bigger girls' dance class. We're doing a mix of ballet and jazz with some sprinklings of other styles. Since the classes are for the missionary kids, they are all in English, although we also have some German-speaking girls from the Swiss Mission involved. We decided that this year, the dance classes should be more than just an extra-curricular activity, but also a ministry. So I am using my sister Alyssa Campbell's book Time to Dance: 52 Devotionals for Dancers as a guide to start of classes with thought-provoking and inspiring Scripture for dancers and a word of prayer. Sorry, I brought my camera to take pictures, but then got so involved in the class that I forgot. I'll try to remember to snap some shots for next time. But before I let you go, I'll give you one...well, two...more pictures. I ate this for lunch this week...
GUINEA PIG!!!!!
And this is what it looked like pre-cooked (the white-ish stuff to the side is just crushed garlic)
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