I have had a really incredible summer. God blessed me with several opportunities to travel these past few months- I spent three weeks in southern Africa serving our HPC campuses there and participating in a leadership conference. I traveled with a friend to Oklahoma City to visit Church of the Harvest, a great friend church of HPC, and learned about how they host incoming mission teams and how they do the "network" thing. I visited home to attend my uncle Klaus' (my mathematician inspiration) funeral- this was quite a sad and difficult experience for me since I was close to him. And I led a mission team to Maues, Brazil to serve the pastors there and outreach along the Amazon river.
Robert and I have also been busy on the homefront- working mostly outside (when it's not too hot). I planned my first vegetable garden. We are also are adding a back patio (perfect timing to have some outdoor dinner parties this fall). We tore down our back fence and are cleaning out the brush behind it to get a better view of the lake from our new patio!
I have also tried my hand in cooking and baking a little. My friends Lauren and Kaycee started an event planning company and I have had the honor to bake for some of their events.
Below are some pictures from the summer. Hope you enjoy!
My new vegetable garden- it is just starting so the plants aren't grown yet!
The concrete was poured on Thursday for our new patio!
Sunset view from the boat on the Amazon! Breath-taking to say the least!
In my hammock on the river!
During my visit north I got to see my cousins (by marriage), Mike and Mere who are pregnant! Congrats!!
In Oklahoma, Kim and I learned about team building with incoming groups!
She is (to the back left of the picture) getting ready to jump on the top of the pyramid.
Me and one of the girls at HPC: Mozambique during a church service.
A steak salad that I made for dinner one night. It is all about presentation!
