~IHYC, Mission Services, & Our 4th of July!~

I have had a wonderful summer...but have hardly been home to blog!  We've been to 3 Camps so far this summer (2 more to go), 

a VBS, family over for the 4th, etc.

So, I am going to try to play catch up before our own Comargo Camp! 

Jesus gave us a wonderful IHYC!  It was filled with God's sweet presence and lots of fun with friends and family!  

Then we ran to West Virginia to be with our dear Christian Nation Church minister Sam Kinnaman and his family.  We had a missionary service at their church on Sunday AM, and Sunday PM he sort of interviewed us asking us to tell our testimony and different missionary stories.   We had such a fun weekend with them! 

On Monday they took us to see the "New River Gorge National Park and Reserve."  I guess it is the newest National Park.  Such a NEAT bridge!  It is so tall that you can put a Washington Monument and 2 Statue of Libertys all stacked on top of each other, and there is still an extra 20 feet.  

We had a couple fun CNC activities, Jessica's graduation party, and Ella's shower, that we got to help with.

We were soooo happy to have my parents come and spend some days with us.  And then we were glad that Josh, Sarah, and Adelynn, my in-laws and Michael and Beth, and kids, and Cousin Laura and Uncle Bill all came for 4th of July! 

Then we ran up to a church 30 miles from Michigan to have another Missionary Service.  

As I may have mentioned we are having a 

HOLINESS CONVENTION IN COLOMBIA IN OCTOBER!  

Our family is responsible for paying for the food and lodging for everyone during this Convention in Colombia, as well as the travel fair for our pastors and their wives to all get to Bogota.  

THIS IS NO SMALL FEAT...BUT WE ARE TRUSTING JESUS TO SEND 

IN THE $8,000 WE STILL NEED! 

I have nearly 500 pics to post, but I will see if I can cut that number WAY DOWN! :-D.

If only I could Post between events, then I would have LESS pics to post.

But, as you know, our lives just go from Church event to Church event! :-)

~Jesus sent such a beautiful double rainbow to us the other day.~

~Father's Day.~

~At Church~

~Phillip and Noah arranged old tools in the back and it looked so neat.  That neat old shovel is the one that Mr. Fields used to stoke the old coal furnace in the church when he was 14!~

~The guys did a great job singing, "I want to be that man."

~Facetiming Adelynn~

~Back at Church that night.  

Josh, Sarah, and Adelynn surprised us and came to see us! So fun!~

~3 little birdies, on top of my lights.~

~On the way to IHYC~

Mary was driving.

~Yours truly and Sarah Durst.~

~It was so fun to have Kolsen & Addisen come to IHYC!~

~And Breanna too.~

~These guys got on the same team.~

~Abigail & Macie.~

~So fun to have Sophia there.~

~And my Bryan~

~Abigail got to be a camper for the FIRST TIME!

She got to join Macie's team! 

The minute she joined, she went and said her 5 

Bible verses for that day!~

~Yummy coffee.~

~The Lord helped Bro. David Spivey as he preached.~

~SOME Official CAMP PICS ARE MIXED IN ON THIS BLOG!~

~Fun to meet Melinda.~

~Macie, Abigail, and Ivan.~

~Little Lawrence is so cute!~

~I like to take Stok Black Coffee and Chobani Extra Creamy Oatmilk and ice with me to camps.  

Those 3 Make such a yummy coffee! 

~Bible Bowl...Bible Sword Drill~

~Melissa and I.~

~Sam & Elijah~

~Amy & Me~

~My Bryan's quartet.~

Jim-nasium....

gives his mother a hug!  :-D

~Yours truly and Jamie~

~Abigail doing the barrel race.~

~Elijah's team was very good at ultimate frisbee. 

Elijah always threw the frisbee, since he throws discs all the time.~

~camp pics.~

~Snagged this fun pic of the kids by Jim's Java.~

~Sweet Megan.~

~Fun to capture this pic of Abigail serving to Mary's team. (That's Mary in the pink.)~

~Abigail's up to bat.~

~Elijah's team playing ultimate frisbee again.~

~So fun to meet Leanna.~

~Camp pics.

(Pretty sure I wasn't scrolling on my phone, I was probably sending some Mother a pic I had snapped of her kid. :-) 

~Bro. Stanley Church, who is marrying Mom Sankey in September.~

~Mary!  Right after I snapped this pic she hit a great hit!~

~One lunch time we had 100% authentic Mexican food.  Delish!  Muy RICO!

~Jonathan, Elijah, and Landon.~

~Hobelman and Melton Wedding.~

~Thursday evening, found me driving an hour away in HEAVY INDI TRAFFIC, to go to the Hobelman/Melton Wedding!~

~The wedding was held at this Beautiful barn.~

~Here comes the BEAUTIFUL BRIDE...Janna~

~She surprised Kendrick by singing a Sweet song to him that she and her Daddy had written.~

~This barn was so pretty inside too.~

~I was soooo shocked to see my dear friend Shanda there!~

~They had yummy iced coffee!  <3

But, would you expect anything less, from the Coffee-selling-Meltons.

:-)

~Dear Tiffany.~

~Sweet Bethany, Sweet Tiffany, Sweet Shanda, and Me.~

~Dear Shannon made such delicious food.~

~Sweet Shanda and Sweet Susanna and Me.~

~Singing "The Prayer" together.  Beautiful job!~

~After the wedding, I quickly changed into Red, White, and Blue...and ran back to IHYC camp for the Stars Game.~

~I was telling Bethany and Brittney very drastic stories, 

and as you can tell they were VERY INVESTED in these stories!!!  :-D ~

~Levi did a great job MCee-ing for his sister's wedding.~

~It was so nice that Dylan (from the Kennedy's school) come to camp.  He was on Mary's team.

~Bible Baseball.~

~Such a great group of kids / Rob & Steff from CNC.~

~Abigail's team.~

~Elijah's team.~

~Mary's team.~

~Rob & Steff were first time coaches, and had Julissa as their helper...and their team won FIRST!~

~I was so shocked to see my friend Dorcas show up at IHYC. So fun seeing her and Sarah.~

~The Durst girls handing out yummy treats.~

~Stole these beautiful pics from Janna's page.~

~Official IHYC Camp pics.~

~Addisen hugging her brother Kolsen ...after her team won in all Stars volleyball.~

~Maren~

~Addisen~

~Abigail, Paris, and Macie.~

~Elijah had wanted me to get matching shirts for him and Rauc.  

Through much running around and PRAYER, I was able to find these on SALE, and I was so happy!

~OUR MISSION SERVICE AT THE KINNAMAN'S CHURCH!~

~We had a wonderful IHYC, then ran home, and the next day found us leaving for a missionary service in West Virginia.  

We were tired, but excited to be with our fellow Christian Nation Church minister Sam Kinnaman and his sweet Hannah and their sweet children.~

~We stopped at DG and got them some fun Patriotic things for a hostess gift.~

~Once we got off the interstate, and onto country roads, we couldn't go for a while, due to a 4 wheeler catching on fire.  It burnt it down to the metal!~

~And we got these toys for the Kinnaman kids.~

~The Kinnamans had been in GA passing out tracts for the World Cup!  

The Kinnamans were just as tired as we were!  

Hannah served us a yummy supper that night!~

~Peeling carrots and potatoes for Sunday dinner.~

~They gave us the nicest place to stay.~

~Colombian Coffee...YUM!  

WAIT!...Is there any other kind? :-D

~The Lord gave us a great Sunday School and Missionary Service that morning.  

We enjoyed worshipping with the dear people there!~

~Sunday dinner was beautiful and delicious!!~

~That night, Sam and Hannah brought in a couch, from the back of the church, and sort of interviewed Phillip and I and the kids about our testimonies and missionary stories.~

~Carrying the couch back to the back of the church.~

~Elijah making us a fire for S'mores.~

~YUM!~

~The next Morning we went out to breakfast with The Kinnamans.  Then they took us to see....

~Eating our Breakfast from Tudor's.~

The Newest National Park..."New River Gorge National Park and Reserve."

Such a BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE!!!

~It used to take 45 MINUTES to an HOUR to cross from one side of this ridge to the other.  

Now, that they have this bridge, it takes like 45 SECONDS to cross over. 

My Daddy would have come to visit the old bridge, with his parents, when he was just a boy.

 It is so tall that you can put a Washington Monument and 2 Statue of Liberties all stacked on top of each other, 

and there is still an extra 20 feet.

~Driving Down into the valley.~

~The Original Bridge!!~

~Jessica's Fun Graduation Party!~

Our lives never stop!

We left IHYC, to go to West Virginia.

We left WV, to run to Jessica's graduation party.

The next day we helped with Ella's bridal shower!

2 days later my parents, and niece and nephew came over.

And by Saturday we had 21 of us here to celebrate the 4th!

~I borrowed Julissa's adorable Sunglasses for this pic with my sweet friend Martha.~

~My friend Tammy was telling me about these cute Mr. Potato Heads for the 250th year...

"Uncle Yam!"

~Hillsboro all ready for the 4th!~

~Ella's Sweet Bridal Shower!~

The girls and I got to help decorate for sweet Ella's Bridal Shower.

We did the drink table. 

~Grammy and her daughter Michelle, Kylie and Abby, and Dee and Raegan, did a ton of prep and work for this beautiful shower!

~Grammy made all of the yummy mini pies.~

~The food was delicious!!~

~Me getting to hold sweet Baby Claire!!~

~Cute Little Adelynn!~

~We JUST DISCOVERED....A one room school house near us in Sinking Spring, 

with the WHITE LITTLE BUILDING to the RIGHT...

being the OLD UNDERGROUND JAIL HOUSE!!!  

~Love to see how the Amish do things!  

Love our Area!!!~

~Noah and Elijah helping finish up the inside of the pavilion.~

~4th of JULY WEEKEND!!!~

~My Dear Parents Got to come over on Thursday and Daddy got to go to Church with us.

Afterwards, we celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary with a snack and an ice cream cake.~

~The next morning found Moma making homemade Black Raspberry pies, with their own Blackberries.  YUMMY!~

~And just like she always did, she took her leftover pie dough and made little cinnamon rolls with it for the kids to eat.~

~On Friday, Josh, Sarah, and Adelynn came.~

~Uncle Noah and Adelynn putting together the "Uncle Yam!"

~Facetiming Baby Stella and Kimberly!~

~Mary and Sophia braided little Adelynn's hair.~

~Playing can jam.~

~Playdough time.   

I felt sooo sad for Little Adelynn, with her cousin Stella not being there to play with her!  

I know she had to wonder WHY she wasn't here, when she always was before!  

How we miss Chris, Kimberly, & Stella!~

~We had the ingredients on hands for everyone to make Italian Sodas.~

~Love my America sign I found at Aldi's.  

We have a NICE Aldi's in Hillsboro now! 

PRAISE JESUS!~

~S'more Time~

~The guys visiting on our front porch.~

~With some money I made speaking for a ladies' meeting, 

I got myself some new porch lights!  

The OTHERS were so OLD and only 5 of the strand still worked.  :-D 

~Little Adelynn enjoying the little pool!  

Yet Another time, that I so wish Stella could have been here to enjoy it with Adelynn!~

~Making Breakfast!  I was making sausage gravy, and Daddy was helping me by frying the sausage. ~

~Cute Little Adelynn and her adorable jumper.~

~Coffee time.~

~Reading Adelynn a Story.~

~Working together to make the yummy food.~

~I love these cute flag plates I found out Marshalls.~

~Braiding little Adelynn's hair.~

~Mary showing Sarah and Grandma her plants.~

~Then Uncle Bill and Cousin Laura arrived.

It was so nice to be all together.~

~Phillip & Mary grilling the yummy burgers and hotdogs.~

~Dad and Uncle Bill.~

~The dessert I provided was the sugar cookies (store boughten), the fruit dip, and the fruit, for each person to make their own little mini fruit pizza.~

~Mary, Adelynn, and Sophia sitting on the porch swing.~

~My Sweet Sarah and Me.~

~Cousin Laura's pics.~

Myself and "Uncle Yam!"

~Some more crumbs from my camera.~

~The kids did sparklers that night.~

~5th of July~

~So neat that Noah got to introduce his Gramp to preach for us that night.~

~So nice to have Daddy preach.~

 

~Sunday night we celebrated Moma turning 84!!!! ~

~I made a rhubarb cake. ~

Never heard of it before, but my Mother-in-love was telling me about it.

HERE IS THE RECIPE!

Spray a 9x13 and add a good layer of diced rhubarb to cover the bottom of your 9x13.

Next sprinkle mini white marshmallows over the rhubarb and sprinkle one small package of DRY Strawberry jello over the marshmallows.

Mix up a white cake mix according to directions and pour it over everything.

Bake according to cake directions, only you might want to bake it a little longer, for it was sort of wet in the middle. 

Pretty yummy.

~Phillip and I took Mary and Abigail to get their 

PASSPORTS RENEWED FOR OUR BIG OCTOBER TRIP TO COLOMBIA!

We used a GIFT CARD from my dear friend TERESA, 

and got us all coffee while we were out.

~Recently, we made yummy homemade ice cream.~

~So glad for God's grace.  

Got this cup at a thrift store in PA.~

~We've been helping at Comargo Camp work days.~

~LOST CREEK CHURCH MISSIONARY SERVICE~

~The night before our Vacation Bible School at Strait Creek Church,

we drove up near Michigan for a missionary service at 

Lost Creek Church.~

~The Lord helped Phillip as he spoke.~

~My sweet friend Gretchen and Me.~

~They served us such a yummy snack after church and a yummy breakfast the next morning.

~These girls had fun playing this together.~

~Dear Mrs. Litchfield.~

~We always like to reward the kids for helping us with our missionary services, so we stopped at Skyline for a quick lunch. 

 WE WERE HURRYING BACK TO START 

OUR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 

AT STRAIT CREEK CHURCH THAT NIGHT!

WE GOT HOME ONLY 3 HOURS BEFORE VBS WAS TO START!  

BUT JESUS HELPED US!!

~We stopped at Walmart for a few things, and look who we ran into....my sis-in-law Beth and her 2 youngest kids.

So, My Elijah and Abigail convinced me to let their cousins 

Joshua and Ava come home with us to attend our VBS.

We brought them back and the kids had a great week and a great VBS together.

~When we opened the van door to tell Joshua he could go with us, this is what Abigail and Ava looked like.  

I told Beth that I was planning on Ava coming home 

with us as well, so Beth let her come home with us too. :-) 

~I think this pic was taken Father's Day.~

~Sweet Little Adelynn.~

~Sweet Little Stella.~

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!!

GOD GAVE US A WONDERFUL VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AT STRAIT CREEK CHURCH!! 

I HOPE TO POST ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT 

CAMP VICTORY AS SOON AS I CAN!

This next week, 

Noah is paying for Phillip and I to take a little 

Anniversary 

get-away!  <3

So SWEET of Noah!

Our 31st Wedding Anniversary was in June, 

but I was gone to PA!

Looking forward to our little get-away with my Sweetheart!

~HEATHER~