Moldova Retreat

When we were first married, we moved to Raleigh and soon found Providence Church to call home for 5 years. When the Lord called us to Botswana 17 years ago,  Providence Church has been such constant amazing and supportive church during our 17 years serving in Botswana. 

They recently brought all of the missionaries sent out from Providence to Moldova  for a Retreat. It was the most special time for our families to be together and sit under amazing preaching and worship our King together. 

We will treasure that week forever and we are so grateful for our sending church in how they love and support us ❤️

 

OAR Concert

We started listening to OAR in college 30 years ago. Our kids have listened to them and it was surreal to get to go to their 3 decades tour in Raleigh. We all sang and danced all night long 🎶 

 

Friends ❤️

The Lord has provided such a sweet friend in Daisy for Ellie during her time in the States. We prayed each of our kids would find friends during their time in the States and Daisy far exceeded any friendship I thought Ellie could establish during our time. 

These girls have been inseparable since they first met at the bus stop the first morning of school. They got to make memories at Build-a-bear making matching Axolotls and spent the day together at the Durham Kids Museum. 

We thank God for the blessing of friends for our kids ❤️ 

WV adventure

We spent the week in WV with Amanda‘s family. We explored Babcock State Park, Pipestem State Park, Bluestone Lake, and the New River Gorge Bridge.  Lots of hikes through the forest and quad rides filled out time ❤️

The ‘Almost Heaven’ Swings have been so fun to find. 

 

Carowinds

Ellie has been begging to go to Disney, but we couldn’t manage to do it this Stateside. Instead we took a day and explored Carowinds outside of Charlotte. Ellie was so brave and did every large roller coaster she was able to.  What fun memories.

We found another Thomas Dambo troll outside Charlotte ‘Big Pete’.