Getting Caught Up

I know-here it is the middle of September and I’m still blogging about our trip at the beginning of August! I just had so many pictures I wanted to share and have been so busy since we got back.
This past week has been crazy and lots has happened. Joe Smith (he went to the church we pastored in VA) is a pilot and had a flight to Pierre, SD. He flew in, drove to our house and stayed for 3 days. We had a wonderful time of getting caught up and the guys worked on putting in a new floor and door and other repairs in the church entryway. It looks sooooo nice!

Wednesday we found out that there had been a shooting down at the elementary school in Little Eagle. Fortunately, no one was killed. A guy from Eagle Butte (about an hour away) came to shoot his girlfriend who worked there. A cop wearing a bullet-proof vest was shot and then the guy shot himself. We heard that he shot himself in the head, but survived. Don’t ask me how that happened. We were so thankful that no one was killed and no kids were hurt. These are kids that come to S.S. Then a little later, we heard that a young man had gotten drunk and was trying to hit his sister and her baby. The grandpa (who is one of our regulars) called the cops and then the guy went outside and started cutting himself. The uncle of this guy would be Aljoe, the dad of the baby who just died. He was drunk too and very upset about the autopsy results that were supposed to come back the next day. We drove to Bullhead (about 15 miles one way) to try to talk and pray with his girlfriend and couldn’t find her. We are concerned that they are worried about the results. He was talking about how he would go to jail for her. Pray that this situation will all work out. They have been tender since the funeral and coming to church. Jordan went down that night to try to talk to Aljoe and keep him from getting more drunk. He didn’t get home until the middle of the night. Talk about stress for one day!

Jordan tried to go see Grady in jail yesterday, but they wouldn’t let him in because they only allow visitors on Tues-Thurs.

With family at Stoneboro

Grandma & Mom S. putting on a spread-yummy!

With Grandma & Granddad Cessna in their Cottage

Goofing off with Granddad C "n"essna

A visit to a "Great" Aunt

We were able to stop and see my Aunt Isabelle (my dad's sister)

She is very special to me and is like my Grandma. My dad's mom

died when I was a teen. She just loves the kids and was so excited to see them.

My little Peruvian

The Peruvian Peaks came for a missions service before we

left on our trip and Sis. Peak dressed Brianna up in this little outfit.

More Dedication day shots

Daniel's Dedication

I didn't remember to take a picture of his tails until later.

Mrs. Geneva Agnew made his tux.

We are Home! (again)

We seem to be going all over the countryside in the last few weeks. We just got home from Northwest Indian Bible School yesterday evening. We left Sunday around Midnight, were there for their activities and Labor Day picnic, (I got to play softball for the first time in years) and left about four in the morning on Wednesday to come home in time for Prayer Meeting. We took a young man from Little Eagle. His name is Isaiah Farrell. He is a senior in highschool and became interested in NIBS at our Youth Quest this summer. We are so excited that he is there and hope it works out. It is all so new to him-he only came to our church once and I think that was a kid's club at which he sat in the back and then left. Pray that he won't get into trouble, get kicked out, etc. Pray that he will get saved! We had a good time-it is so relaxing and peaceful there in the mountains. We had a lot of fun and saw a lot of friends, but to put it mildly, I am tired of traveling!

Today Brianna was talking about eating something all gone. I asked her where it went to and she said, "Down my heart." !!!!!!!! She constantly cracks me up. I wish I would have kept up with all of the things she has said, but I always forget them if I don't write them down immediately.

I promise I will try to post pictures in the near future. I still have tons from our other trip, but something is goofed today and it won't let me. Oh well, keep checking!