Amazing Blessings in MA!

 

We were quite excited to have a few boxes of books to keep us entertained for our time here in MA. They kids were happy!

Enjoying some Farmer's market produce!

The joy of cleaning mirrors... Jonathan announced that there are 14 mirrors in our house when we arrived!

Enjoying white sweet potato chips, just like Papua New Guinea, for the 1st time in 7 months!

The purchase of the missed sweet potato and a strange discovery, purple cauliflower!

Using our Thermomix for the 1st time to make ice cream... the magic machine, as the kids call it... is a huge blessing when we need to make special flours from rice and chick peas and oats. I'm happy that our friend, Nate, is sharing this magic machine with us! Whoever is in North America gets to use it!

Yum! Strawberry ice cream made from cashews, dates and strawberries!

Playing baseball at the park nearby.

Learning how to do dishes together!

Enjoying the sprinkler at Grandma and Grandpas house!

Starting to feel settled into our home.

Wonderful people from our church brought bikes for the kids to borrow while we are home!

Our New Home in MA!

 

When we fly back from MO we were able to move into our new apartment... the right side of this duplex. We are very thankful for this place that God has given us in Lenox, just a 20 minute drive from my parents and a 5 minute drive to our home church!

There is a play ground just a 5 minute walk away!

More Fun Visits in MO!

 

We spent a few days at the Ethnos360 Training Center. This is also where I finished my missionary training many years ago. And where my parents went to missionary training, many many years ago! I started my education in Kindergarten here and I finished my education as a missionary at 28 years old!

We enjoyed some down time and we got to visit some friends and supporters!

Bea prays for us faithfully!

We got to hang out with Keith and Gaila, another couple who supports us as well. And the kids loved their little farm!

We also got to see former co-workers of ours from Interface! And they took us to this amazingly fun place... the kids 1st experience at an amusement park!!

It was overwhelming experiencing so much north American culture at once.  But once we went to the Snoopy place for kids and things were a little less intense...

They loved it!

They had a great time playing with kids their own ages!

Then we were off again, back on the airplane! Cozy and comfortable!

We were very spoiled by Dawn who made some to go breakfast plates for us, full of fruit and gluten free biscuits! So good!