Jason came to Missouri to play football.

Jason came down from Wisconsin to play football one weekend. NTBI against MTC. We won. Sorry, Jason.

Of course we made time for some table games. Taylor (Jason's best friend from Via school days, who is also at NTBI - came to play on the team, too - as well as other new friends.)

Our 3rd Semester at MTC Missouri

Dan studying for classes in his office at the classroom building at MTC.

I had the privilege of flying over the Lakes in a small plane at our Kodiak event the beginning of the semester - a community event for the public to become acquinted with NTM's missionary work (especially our flight program.)

We started the semester with a potluck at the lakefront. This is my Outreach ministry team - I volunteer along with students for their weekly Outreach with the Pregnancy Help Centers in the area.

I've enjoyed helping prepare coffee for the morning breaks between classes. It's a great opportunity to get to know students.

More summer fun times...

Re-discovering a child's delight in the "simple" things - bubbles are fascinating - an even harder to "catch" ...

Aunt Joy is fun! Even climbs with me...

We had a great day of fun at a waterpark nearby.

Goodbye, Joy...back to college in Lexington, KY at the end of our wonderful summer with Joy at home with us in Missouri.

Ellen's 3rd Birthday

Ellen loves "tickles" - so, of course, Sa'i got her a jarful for her birthday.

Following in mommy's footsteps, Ellen will learn to be a loveable nurse..

Tamu decorated Ellen's cake -with Pooh Bear, of course!

Ellen was happy with her tea set...

-especially, when her friend Kessa (who lives across the hall from Grandpa and Grandma) came over for her first tea party on August 4th, 2008, - Ellen's 3rd birthday!

We visted my Mom, my sisters, niece, nephew and wife and friends in Florida

Ken and Terri - friends that go waaaay back.

Dan helped my mom get rid of some troublesome roots in her garden

Our Visit to Florida this past summer

At Larry and Tammy Enns' house...

Larry waters his palm tree crop...

Dan and Larry helped build the boy's tree-house.

Great Grandpa and Grandma visit from Iowa

Summer fun at the MTC Lake

Joy and dad fishing across the lake. We enjoyed several meals of fresh fish!

Dan's Birthday and Our Anniversary! (June)

We loved having Joy home with us all summer!! She helped us celebrate Dan's birthday and our Anniversary. (on June 9th)
This summer we also enjoyed having Sarah Hartman and her brother David (my neice and nephew) with us for awhile. They both got summer jobs at a Christian camp nearby. My sister Gwen and her husband Joel Hartman, are missionaries in the Yanomami tribe in the Amazon of Northern Brazil. They are living in the jungle now (church-planting) and their two oldest kids had graduated from high school and have returned to the US for Bible college at NTBI (where our son Jason is also studying now) in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

In Lexington with Kern Family

Sharon and Stefan and the boys stayed in Lexington in their friends' , the Dunn's beautiful home.


Joy hands out treats to her nephews.

Sharon and Family Visit in April

It was so much fun to have Sharon and Stefan and the grandkids visit us - all the way from Africa! (Kerns came to the US just for the summer.)
Christian enjoys tasting food off of Tamo's plate.
The cousins got acquainted - Cody and Ellen Angelo, with their cousins Christian and Cohen Kern.
We celebrated Cohen's 3rd birthday with gifts he enjoyed opening...
and sharing with his brother Christian, of course. :)

Dan helps Scott with house project in April

Ellen helped Dan fit the flooring in snugly and perfectly!
This shows the enclosed porch off of Angelo's master bedroom.

First, tho, Dan and Scott spread the flooring outdoors - then cut it to fit the hot tub room in their enclosed porch off of Angelo's bedroom. The Lord blessed Scott and Tessa with a cute "cabin" house in the woods at Linn Creek, about a half hour's drive from where we live at MTC (Missionary Training Center) along the lake.


Cody's favorite place to sleep was NOT in his crib - but on the floor where Ellen could keep a close eye on him as she played.