Joy's visit

Joy flew to Springfield and we picked her up on Sat. morning this past weekend. (15th) We had a wonderful-but-too-fast two days with Joy "catching up" and showing her around campus. We were invited to Bud and Trenna Bowleys for supper Sat. nite...and enjoyed our evening with their family of two small girls. Trenna took the pix of Joy, Dan and I on their back deck. Bowleys live in the woods -a beautiful and secluded spot, which is peaceful and reminds us of Brasil...(especially living in the jungle with the Waiapi people.)

Our first visitors here in MO

We enjoyed a visit from Dan's cousin, Sam and his wife Debbie Mathes. They used to live in this area and in fact attended the church we are now attending. They have some friends from the church with whom they were staying, and they (Tim and Jan ) had an open house potluck on Sat. afternoon in Sam and Debbie's honor. We were also invited. It is neat to be developing friendships with the very friendly folks at our church.

On Sunday afternoon we went for a long cruise on the lake in Tim and Jan's boat - along with Sam and Debbie. There are some gorgeous homes to admire along the shores...it was a beautiful afternoon to enjoy God's handiwork and to enjoy family and friends. GOD is awesome and He delights to give us these "extra pleasures."

Life in Missouri is interesting

This is the closest P.O. to the campus...just a few miles up the road. I've sent packages to Africa to our daughters and grandkids from here :)
Last week Dan helped Phillip "train" his horse - first they had to wear him out so Phillip could mount and ride him. Phillip had been "breaking in" this horse last semester but he had a lazy summer on his own so he needed to learn who was boss again. Phillip says he rides well once you finally mount him :)

This third pix was taken on Friday, "7 de Setembro" when we were celebrating Brasil's Independence Day, wearing green and yellow and my hat had "Brasil" on it (which didn't show well on the pix.) Micah and Kristy came to pick up their baby girl, Sophia, from Nursery, where I had been "on duty" for my weekly Friday mornings in the Nursery Childcare. The baby girl I'm holding is a Ketcham ...her parents are students here...she had on her "Brasilian" tee-shirt on Friday too.