Our reunion

We left from Sunbury on Wednesday afternoon and began the journey home. It struck me that in the 1920's when Howard's Aunt left for the mission field her trip was months long. I wondered at the stamina that these first missionary had and the dedication they showed to the work God place before them. I am in awe of their sacrifice. We have been told that people think the same of us but for us it is really so much easier. Being able to fly instead of traveling by ship not to mention all the amenities that are available now. Anyway........
it is now Sunday and I want to let you know we look better than this :-)
This was the end of the trip, Thursday.




The trip was Only 24 hours and I must tell you it was bitter sweet for me.
I felt as if I was leaving home with the possibility of never returning. Now if I was actually headed to my eternal home that would joy, but that was not the case. My heart is now divided between these two earthly places and the new family I have there.

We came back to the joyous faces of our little grands, Micah was there too, and oh yes so were Adam, Erin, Amy and Dale. As you can see we had wonderful welcome home pictures.





It was great to have all the hugs and kisses that had been saved up for the last nine months. There were stories and pictures and stories and more pictures. They spent a lot of time preparing for us. We were thrilled. They have grown so much and some have become a little more outgoing.




We will be leaving St Louis a week from today to head to Zion, our first home, and hope to be there for about 6-8 weeks. You know we have to share our time with all the kids and at this point the St. Louis group feels a little slighted.

We aren't sure what is ahead for us and are praying that God will show us what he has for us in the way of service. So with that said I would like to ask you to continue to pray that We will see Gods guiding hand in our lives and answer, "Yes Lord Yes to wherever He leads."

Whew !!!! What a weekend

On Friday Greg and Carlene arrived back at Sunbury, about 12 noon, and began to prepare for the second wedding. Next on Friday Luanne Kuehl arrived to help with the catering for ZEBS, which also began arriving about 4:30 that same day. Well if you think Friday stopped there.....nope.... The Bishers arrived with two trailers and began the move into Emoyene that was about 7:30 and of course there were the transport runs to pick up the students. All in all a very hectic day. But believe it or not saturday did arrive.

Six o'clock the ladies arrived to begin preparing breakfast and clean up from the meal the night before, this was not my job, Luanne took care of all that. Of course then there was lunch and tea and supper. All I had to do was finish five skirts and make one Zion robe. Yes I did get it done. This morning I put the button holes and buttons on. It is now in the hands of its owner. Oh let's see at 10:30, now this is Sunday??? Yes, Yes it is, the ladies were again in at 6:00, but were done by 9. Then of course the students had to be returned to the various transport areas. Now let me see... We picked up the ladies from their homes at 10:30 and headed to Gateway Mall (the biggest in the southern hemisphere) to let the ladies have a chance to say they had been there and while we were there we celebrated Ntombifuthi's birthday!! We let her choose the restaurant.... she chose Spur. Most of them had ribs and chix wings. Two of the ladies just had chicken. A little more shopping and then off to Amy and Rhyns second wedding. It was a great day we shopped, ate, shopped, ate, and danced. We got home at 8:30. I would say that counts as a full weekend.

Tomorrow we will finish tying up a few loose ends, show the Bishers around, they need to buy a stove, I'll do a little baking for tea on Wednesday with the ladies, and begin laundry so we can pack on Tuesday.

Tea on Wednesday morning with my ladies :) and off to the airport about 12:00 noon, I think our flight leaves around 4. Then we just sit back and try to rest so we won't be so tired when we get home (28 hours give or take and hour).

Thursday morning we come into St Louis airport and we are home. Then that rat race starts there, but that's another story.









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Final Days & Final Projects

Well it is true that there are only a few days left for us to tie up all the loose ends. This is the last of the big projects. Carlene had decided that there needed to be a little more storage in the library, you know for those thing that really shouldn't be open to the public. The decision was made to add doors to the existing shelves. Sounds easy enough..... But we know better than to rely on that. The library was all done in oak plywood. It is lovely, however we were told, after the decision was made and Carlene had left for the states, that they were not importing oak plywood at this time. There was really no explanation just no we can't get it.
What to do, what to do. Well we could get a composite covered with light oak Formica. That is the route we took and as you can see that they are not bad. You can see where they are different and maybe the other doors can be changed at a later date, after all it is only 8 drawers and 4 doors :) There just isn't enough time this time around. All the boxes you see in the various pictures will be behind closed doors. It will look much neater and be more accessible.
As for me I have only a few thing to wrap up. Let's see, I have three skirts that need waist bands, two skirts that need to have a piece added because the fabric shrank way to much, and one Zion robe to finish. Oh yes and one more shopping trip to finish up the housekeeping supplies for August and September. I almost forgot... there is the second wedding of Ryne and Amy on Sunday. I think that is all, well besides packing. Then we are one the plane headed for the good old USA.
God has been good to us and we have been thankful for the strength and support He has provided. Once again we must tell you how much your support has been appreciated, not only by us but by those who have benefited by the work. We pray that God will bless each of you richly.












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