June 1

June 1 means that we only have 20 more days in iowa. june 1 means that clint and joni have been married for 22 years. june 1 means that we are going to ankeny to see some great friends from when we lived there for 6 months prior to California. and something special, clinton p is renewing his vows to his wife tonight in Des Moines and we get to bring in the secret flowers for the ceremony :D! i'm so glad we get to do that...to show support to our family while we are here is big for us. i am suppose to be working on a mosaic but both clint and greg are gone so the office is pretty lonely to work all by myself!

i can say there is a lot of attack going on with our enemy in many different areas and some of it is hard to watch and some is hard to deal with and some is down right mean. i want to be able to "do" something about it but i am learning that if i can step back and pray and be centered...the time comes when HIS words get to be used INSTEAD of MINE...amazing how that happens! so i am trying to be patient and yet alert for my role.

paul does not like grandma's "grandfather" clock and asks us to turn it off...he hears it in his head and can't sleep. and he is finally understanding (i think) that he is NAMED after grandpa Paul instead of "once being" grandpa paul. every time we have told a story about my dad he would say "i did that when i was older?" but now i think he is coming around to understanding he has his name sake...and rightly so! they have so much in common already

gavin enjoyed playing tennis with all his cousins last night at the tennis court, poor greg and jacob couldn't get a game in very well with all the extra feet running around! and then MORE rain made us go home :( but we all seemed to still have smiles on our faces

hazel enjoyed meeting her baby "boy" friend, torin, and bigger "girl" friend geneva the other night and doted on both of them...especially watching and mimicking everything the 2 year old girl would do! she wants to be a lady and we pray for that as well :D

i don't know if you all know that we have been given the green light to go to indo! yeah! sooooo...i guess that means we can get our tickets for the end of august! it's a REAL DEAL...God is so faithful and amazing to us and we are completely grateful to Him and you for being apart of our team! love you...