Dana has been in Missouri for nine weeks and will be home in only three more! We are on the count down now! We went down last weekend to see him and play in St. Joseph, MO. On Sunday of that weekend we traveled through many acres of corn fields to a little church in a small town where Dana gave a sermon. It was really great, he was like a real pastor with a strong presence and a very nice sermon with a very good message! I was so proud and it just re-affirmed that we are right where we are supposed to be. And it was kind of fun to "play" Pastor's wife and family for a day... the entire congregation was so welcoming and kind to us all. It was a great day and experience! After a year of such ups and downs, it was so nice to have that feeling of "peace" that we are on the right path!
I have been a single parent all summer now and am holding up okay, although I am anxious for Dana's return. I definitely have more compassion for all the parents in the world who do it on their own all the time, that's for sure. That has been my lesson learned this summer. I know Dana has learned alot from CPE... I could see it in how he was with the congregation that Sunday. It has not been easy for him to be away from the girls and of course his loving wife, but he is holding up well!
As far as the girls go, Hannah scored her first goal in her game last week...woohoo and assisted in two other goals! Another proud moment...she was so cute and modest, if you can believe that! Hailey just completed swim lessons and if she could only get her butt out of the air and under water when she "dives", she would be a supreme diver! Her head goes down and the buns go up! Hilarious to watch...she passed everything else though and loves to swim. That has been a favorite pass time of ours in this hot midwest sun! Dubuque has a great city pool that we have been utilizing very regularly.
Wartburg Seminary is hopping as all of the new families and students finished moving in over the weekend and they began Greek yesterday! I have been busy in the neighborhood meeting and greeting all the newbies and trying to save them from some of the stress I/we went through. Hoping to help show the wives the ropes a little quicker than I learned them. Although it's a transition that everybody will handle and process differently.
Dana and I are both really excited for this upcoming year! We feel like we have a leg up with one year under our belts! Atleast we know better what to expect as far as time constraints and finances! In the fall we will interview as a couple for our Internship placement, although we won't find out until Mar/Apr where we actually will go! It's still exciting though!
My Mom is flying in on Monday to stay with the girls, while I work a conference I've been planning for FRB in Moline, Illinois. In your spare time look up foodsresourcebank.org - that is the organization I'm working for and am really excited to get something going in WA and ID when I can!
That's all for now... I'll try better to update weekly!
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