Deja Vu

Mike had his last day at Grace University and they gave him a farewell party. It was so sweet to hear all the nice things that were said about Mike. But it's funny, I feel like we'll always be connected with Grace and that in a way this is a mission trip through Grace. We have a lot of faculty, staff and even students that have said they would come out and visit and do a mission trip while we are there! On a side note even our dentist said he wants to come and help, how cool is that! We welcome anyone that wants to come! And it's road trip time again, this time with Mike. We actually had a very nice time, except for having to get a new alternator in Laramie Wyoming or the check engine light turning on late at night when we were up in the mountains hours away from the next town and no phone service. Yes, I definitely had visions of Mike leaving me with the truck/U-haul and hitching a ride with a trucker and I would either be gobbled up by a hungry Mountain lion or worse. But, God is Great! and he had us safely return to our waiting kids the next afternoon.

Learning French

In Senegal there are two languages spoken, Woloof and French. Woloof is the native language but French is the most widely used language. We will learn some phrases of Woloof but right now my plate is full with learning French. Mike had 3 years in High School of it so he understands the basics, I however do not! it is definitely going to be a struggle for me. I don't have the "ear" for it. Mike will say it and I repeat and he said to me "Do you really think you're saying the same thing?" I don't think I've ever laughed so hard!! It reminded us of Joey on Friends when he tried to learn French. I hate to admit it but I sound just like him!

Back to Omaha!

Well, I decided to fly back to Omaha to help Mike drive the U-haul to California. He was worrying me too much about talk of doing it in two days and not getting a hotel. I knew he has been under a lot of stress lately so I wanted to come back and hopefully make things easier for him. This is only the 2nd time I've been away from the kids in 13 years. My heart strings are definitely being pulled but we'll soon make our drive out to California and we'll all be together again as a family first time in 6 weeks.

Summer fun

Kids are having fun with their cousins. It has been so hot that We went to the Lake and Regan got on the front page of the Redding paper! The girls have been having fun with Alexis, even trying baby food together-they did not care for it ;-) And Monroe is always holding hands with mick. They sure love their cousins!