Busy Busy Barre

Over the last 10 days, we have all been very busy.  Brian is putting together a children's ministry program at the church... basically starting from the babies up.  Since his last meeting, he has helped put together a six week nursery rotation and has created some guidelines and info sheets for the kids that have been received well.  He's working on VBS and Backyard Bible Clubs for the summer (mission teams will help to staff these) not to mention preparing a sermon for this Sunday, too!  Oh, and he's taking care of Nathanael Mondays and Fridays and carting him to the babysitter's the other three days. 

Allison spent last week at work without her preceptor as she was off camping and having a blast on vacation!  She stayed really busy seeing a ton of patients and asking lots of questions to whoever would lend an ear.  She did enjoy her first Memorial Day off in six years!!  We all went to a friend's house for a barbecue (not involving eating pig, but grilling outdoors).  What fun!

Nathanael went to another friend's house this week because our babysitter's little boy has a really bad ear infection and had to go to the hospital over the weekend.  He got to help get his friends off the school bus and played in the mud!  Every night, though, during our family worship time, he remembers to pray for Zander (our babysitter's son).  He has missed Zander this week, but has had fun at the Cambio's.  Thanks Kaye!!

Last weekend, Nathanael also stayed home without Mommy and Daddy and played with Katie and Tawney (friends from church).  He got to eat pasta, pizza, waffles, bacon, eggs and sausage and even drank a little soda while Mommy and Daddy were gone.  He had a great time playing with these girls! He also participated in a Skype session with our friends from OMV in NC.  He got to get out of bed on Sunday night to talk to Gary, Debbie, Kyle, Caroline, Aaron, Sarah, and Daniel.  Although he spent most of the time running around playing with his trucks, he talked about seeing them on the computer all week!! He really misses you all!

Mommy and Daddy went to Maine for the weekend to be assessed by the NAMB to receive church planter funding.  We drove through the White Mountains in New Hampshire, which we both agree was one of the most beautiful things we have ever seen!  We meet with an assessor from NAMB who is also a church planter in Augusta, Maine.  We spent about 4 hours talking with him on Saturday about our calling to Vermont and church planting, how we handle situations, our flexibility and motivation.  We had a great time... we also learned about a church planter retreat for the Baptist Convention of New England in late June in Connecticut.  We received our official invitation this week and have cleared it with my boss at work to have a few days off to go.  We are looking forward to meeting some more church planters who have a heart for New England.  

I also need to add that our heat is still on in our apartment... yes, the end of May and the high today was 53.  We had a frost on Monday night.  It makes me think I'll really love summer here and not miss the triple digit Carolina days!  Please continue to pray for wisdom in where we will plant a church in the next year and even for the community, too, that hearts will be open to the gospel.  

A view of the White Mountains

Mt. Washington and the Mt. Washington Hotel

He loves to smile!

Nathanael's new PJs