...and the Other Two

While Ben is busy at work doing school online, the other two have started at their colleges in the States. My dad (and mom for part of it) drove almost 2000 miles round trip to get them both moved in to their dorms at John Brown University in Arkansas and William Carey University in Mississippi. So incredibly thankful for my parents stepping in for us when we can't be there!

Both Mikayla and Zach are doing well adjusting to life under covid restrictions at college. It's a challenge to develop relationships and community with all the new rules, but we are thankful that they are both managing. And it was so good to get some pics of them together when they stopped in to visit Mikayla on the way down to drop Zach off. Miss these two like crazy!

So it looks like after months of waiting, we might FINALLY be able to move into our house next week. Pray with us that it pushes through and that all the moving details go smoothly (Steve has found that if he stays in our old house more than about 20 mins, it triggers his asthma...so that means that I'll be the one coordinating with the movers at the house. Thankful to have full-service movers who pack everything up and move it...but prayers appreciated that all goes smoothly. 😏

Here's a pic of our new place, "The Strawberry House" is what they call it.

Ben...

 

He's gonna LOVE having a post all about him... 😉😃

Some of you on FB may have heard about the corn hole sets that Ben was making and selling. Several people here in the Philippines bought them for personal use, and some in the States sponsored a set for a local ministry (thank you!). It was fun to get to deliver the sets to local orphanages, rescue homes, and recovery centers. Ben was able to explain the game and even play a little with the kids, and we've received several reports of how the sets are being enjoyed by the kids since then.

Recently, during a hard rain, a tree fell on our friends' house. It was Saturday, and he was sleeping in, but he wasn't too frustrated to be woken up to go help with it. He spent all morning helping them to chop it up with machetes.

School has officially started for Faith Academy, but it looks a little different this year...all online, at least through 1st semester. So proud of how Ben is handling all this but appreciate prayers that we can be back in the classroom next semester!

Ben is doing 6 classes through Faith and 2 as independent study (with me), so it's definitely a full load. His two independent study classes are US History and Tagalog. We are having fun with the Tagalog one as he is learning effective language-learning principles in the process.

Thanks for praying for Ben!