News from Kate

I received an e-mail from Kate this evening. They are still waiting for 4 bags to arrive - hopefully tomorrow. Here is part of her update:

"The past 2 days the medical team has gone south of where we are staying, about 2 hours away, to a church up on some mountain. It's pretty cool weather up there. We had to go down some mud road that was like randomly cut out of the bush and then people live all back in there. It's kind of crazy. The little kids took us to their school today and showed us their classrooms. Yesterday I was one of the "doctors." Haha, talk about practicing medicine without a license. We had a little 2 month old baby come in with pneumonia. Oh and today Jon and I cut off a little tumor/growth thing from some ladies ear. It was pretty cool."

I know everyone is being blessed by this experience and appreciate all the prayers that are being sent up on their behalf!

On Mission

Yesterday Kate left with 24 other believers for Project Chacocente, Nicaragua.

They will be providing medical services; helping with construction and farming; and teaching and sharing Jesus with the people of Nicaragua.

Kate called me while they were in Atlanta. She said that they were not sure that all of their luggage had made it on the plane. Each member of the team had taken 2 check bags and 1 carry on. Apparently, they were on a small plane from St. Louis to Atlanta and someone thought they saw some luggage being taken away from the plane. Many of the bags contained medical supplies and school supplies. Please pray that all luggage arrived in Managua, Nicaragua with the team so they can carry on with their mission.

I will try to keep you posted if I learn any news from the trip!

You can learn more about Project Chacocente by visiting the link below:

www.projectchacocente.org

Proud to be an American

Our National Guard Battalion just returned to Farmington! They have been in Iraq for the past year. We went out to welcome them home. The streets were lined with people waving flags. Law Enforcement from all over the county escorted them to the Armory where family members were waiting. The Fire Department had a big American Flag hanging for the chartered bus to drive under. It was all so cool! I am proud of these men!

Some Summer Fun

Levi, Haley, Kate & Colby at Grant's Farm

Colby is visiting us this week! Yesterday we took him to the city for some special summer fun! We began at Grant's Farm. After riding the tram and seeing some deer and elk in Deer Park we decided to feed the goats. What an experience - those little goats are aggresive!! You would think they never get fed. Colby had to hold on to that bottle with a death grip! He had 3 goats trying to get to it and the biggest one would take it away from the littler goats.



But everyone survived the experience and we enjoyed all of the animals at Grant's Farm. Before leaving we got close up with the Clydesdale Horses! Colby just wasn't sure about that big horse right behind him! We couldn't get him to look at Nana with the camera - He wasn't about to take his eyes off that big horse!


Next, we went to Chuckee Cheese for pizza and games. Colby played games and I think he must have ridden the little Merry Go Round about 15 times. After Chuckee Cheese we went to Maggie Moo's for ice cream before heading home. We had a wonderful day - The weather was perfect - Everyone had a good time - It was relaxing fun!! The best kind of summer fun!!!

Cool ABC Book

I love books!! Being a kindergarten teacher, I am always on the look out for cool and unique books for the classroom. I found this really cute book on line. I can't wait to share it with my class when school starts. Hope you enjoy it!

http://lookybook.com/mainpage.php?name_id=1632

Happy 4th!!