Monday, September 1, 2014

Holiday Weekend Update

Today's Labor day, an extra day off in the unofficial end-of-summer long weekend here in the USA. Last weekend was a similar holiday in the UK.

We've not seen family, been away, had a barbecue, or bought anything in the Labor Day sales. But...we have watched a family movie, went for a bike ride and enjoyed icees at the local snow cone kiosk.



We've slept in and had lazy mornings. Enjoyed the fellowship of House Church Sunday yesterday at Luke & Billie's. We picked up a wheelbarrow from a friend, and have shoveled dirt from our neighbor's truck (I'm working on a landscaping project to stop water getting into our basement). A major task every weekend is doing the girls' hair - just done that. I finished the 600+ page At Home by Bill Bryson, a fascinating book about the history of all the stuff in a mostly British-background home. Laundry's all done (if not put away yet).

Packing


I didn't expect to be doing any more packing for a while, but on Saturday, I was packing up various pieces of equipment - laptops, hard drives, printer cartridges - to be carried down to Haiti for Storly by our friend Rob, who has gone down for a week or so to work on the computer network at the station. Glad to hear from Storly just now that Rob (and all the stuff) arrived safely this morning, and Storly will have a housemate to help keep him sane over the next days.

Though we're not ready for the summer to end, (the word is this coming winter in Indiana is going to be brutal...again)...we're at least ready for tomorrow and the week ahead.  And we're ready for Storly to come home.

The end in sight


We left Storly in Haiti on 1st August. It's now 1st September. And we're expecting him back on 13th. Glad we're almost at the point where I can count the number of sleeps left in single digits. (And I'm still getting more unsettled nights with the girls than sleeping-peacefully-all-the-night-through, though it's a little better than it was. And monitoring what they're watching on TV or reading is helping!).

Hope you've had some refreshing, restful time over the last few days. Thanks for all you do to support us in what we do - whether you're sharing tomatoes from your garden or enchiladas that you made too much of, welcoming us to be part of what you're doing, or using your skills and resources to serve alongside us in the work in Haiti. We appreciate it!

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