Beth got to help the children with their school work, play games and spend quality time with them. Elijah beat Nana at chess! Tom helped Matt and Terri work on their new property, a double wide mobil and 8 acres.

Nice visit with Christopher and the International students. A BBQ and games were given to the students and guests. The host families brought their students.

We had a fun time at the Applegate festival with Mike and Melissa.

We had the best trip north to visit Mike and Melissa, Christopher and his international students and Matt's family.

A surprise visit from Sam Liu and Jim Brown traveling on their motorcycles up the cost to WA. I was able to give them dinner and they spent the night with us and we sent them off with a nice breakfast. We had a lot of laughs and good fellowship.

My group from the Faith Center's retreat got together at the Gingerbread Mansion for tea hosted by Kelley. What a blessing to be with this group of women.

The Magnolia

The fence is so nice and the Magnolia is so pretty.

Our part of the fence is almost finished. It took our Magnolia 25 years to bloom where we could see it and take pictures.

Aug. is a busy time in the back yard for a new fence the back neighbor is having put up and for Tom building a retaining wall.

What a blessing to have 4 Uganda children and their chaperone stay with us for 3 nights. There were 10 children and 4 adults traveling for 11 months singing in different churches. Deo 12 yrs., Shanet 12, Rose 10, Joseph 9, and Alisha the adult from Maryland. What a joy!

Faith Center had a Women's Retreat and these are some new friends that want to continue to meet.

This is a pot luck at our house on July 16th with our house church friends.

You can know you live in the country when you hear a gun shot and look out to see a steer being butchered out across your back yard.