AO-WA-KIYA

Hello! We are back from our annual family vacation at Camp AO-WA-KIYA. It is located on the west side of the state on Stony Lake. All the family enjoyed themselves. This is our third year there and we rebooked for next year. We were in a cabin called Hope which sleeps 10 and hopefully we will need a bigger cabin for next year if our girls are here by then!

We are still waiting on a referral and sometimes it feels like it will never happen. I have a very contented feeling and know I will be thrilled when Donna or Rachel call with our referral.

Our first born son, Zac, headed off to Central Michigan University on Wednesday, August 22, 2007. He is a sophomore, enrolled with the Army ROTC program. He passed his fitness test on Thursday morning--doing 68 sit ups, 56 push ups and running 2 miles in 14:40! He then commissioned with the Army on Friday. We are every proud of him and look forward to what the Lord will have for his future.

Zac called this morning and said that he has PT 5x a week! They do over 200 pushups and situps per morning, surprise exercises and running too! He will be one fit college student. Pray for him to be saturated with the spirit of Christ. One of his roommates just announced he will be having his girlfriend spending some nights in one of the bedrooms. Zac's roommate is a band leader and is the most normal of his 3 roommates. Zac will face many temptations throughout his college experience. We will continue to pray for him, CMU, ROTC, his roommates and for him to stand firm in his faith.

It is great to be back home.