Catching up

Wow, it has been a while since I have given an update on what is going on in our lives! This has been such a busy couple of weeks that I have not dedicated any time to writing on the blog.
We have just finished up our Vacation Bible School for this summer. The week went well and attendance was good. The last three nights of VBS we had over 80 kids per night, with a total attendance over 150 with the workers and adults added to the count!

Wednesday morning our "Peru mission team" flew out of Omaha, NE. Our family was up at 4:00 a.m. in order to see them off. We were able to pray together in the airport after they had checked in their luggage but before they headed into the terminal. We received a report yesterday afternoon that they had made it safely and would be speaking in a church last night. The team includes Kurt O. (a firefighter that works with me in Omaha) and my brother Chad.

Rob (my business partner) is done teaching for the summer. He will be teaching building construction again in the fall at the local community college but since he has the summer off, we have fired up the cabinet shop again and are building custom cabinets for a house near Sioux City, IA.

Tonight we have a dinner and an interview with a man that has applied to be the Pastor at our church. The deacons will spend some more time getting to know him tomorrow while I am at the station. Sunday afternoon we will have them over to our house so that I can get to know him a little better. Please pray that we will be sensitive to the Lord's leading in this matter. This month makes it three full years without a Pastor.

On July first we will have an all church 4th of July celebration at our house. I hope that between now and then we will have some time to make our place presentable. We have not been able to do much maintenance as we have had so many other commitments that take us from our home. Well... commitments and a family camping trip!

Emily has been taking driver's education this spring. Her final driving test is this Thursday so we are praying that it goes well. She is doing a fine job driving but we are concerned about her nerves. If the pressure doesn't get her, she'll do great.

I know this has been a long update, thanks for hanging in there,
Jon