gone and back

there and gone already...


we spent the good part of july with wonderful friends in the alaskan bush


love that top photo with the shadow of our little plane on the tundra


took all photos with my iPhone...left my rebel at home (!) since we have to travel very light on these trips



and this one makes my heart swell everytime...


my men (and a young friend watching) walking the long path to the plane


we were leaving the first village and heading to the second


we've gone to this first village the last 3 years...meeting up with another family (native alaskans) to provide Bible School and basketball programming


it was our church's 10th year in the second village...elders got up during to church to sing us some of the first hymns they learned in English when they were children.  gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.  what an HONOR.  Jesus was so right...it's all about building relationships and trust with people...whether it's next door or far away.


what beautiful friendships God has given us!


 In other news, Shannon over at Vintage Restyled featured our home on her blog! I can't tell you how blessed I was by her invitation to share. Thanks, Shannon!

 

now home, we're all taking our antibiotics to get over respiratory junk


{we did go from 103 degrees to 40 overnight}


doing laundry...playing with the dogs...catching up with the neighbors


grateful for it all