It has been a very busy month. I ended the school year very well. Graduation was on June 4th--and as always, it was a beautiful ceremony. We then finished up with giving the younger students exams, and closing out the school year. We also finished with the Church Choir. We ended our "season" by singing at the evening service for the OPC's 75th anniversary at Sandy Cove. We had a lot of fun.
I then spent a week doing some much needed house projects. The first was to have a farewell party for all of the dust bunnies whooping it up in our bedroom. As I got further into it, I decided that the whole room needed to be changed around, vacuumed and dusted. It took me the better part of a day (I even washed the walls--and no, I am not coming to your house:-) We also had some work done in our back yard--much needed work.
This is a before shot of the back corner (but after they cleaned it out)
The third week began with my Mother, my sister Brenda and my niece Felicia arriving at my doorstep (yes, I knew they were coming!) On Tuesday we traveled by New Jersey Transit to Hoboken, NJ to try and get a glimse of the Cake Boss. We didn't actually see him, but we did have some very good cake! On Wednesday, we took a driving tour of the Brandywine Battlefield (well....we only did a small portion of it--it is a very large battlefield) We then went to the Herr's Potato Chip Factory for a tour. On Thursday we headed down to Rehoboth--my niece wanted to see the ocean. We then had a lovely visit with my Aunt Arlene, uncle Ralph and my cousin Evelyn. On Friday we headed out for Baltimore (with very ambitious plans) We started at the National Aquarium--one of the best that I have ever seen. We then decided it would be too much to go over to Fort McHenry, so we are saving that for another time. We did see some of the Museum ships in the harbor--that was fun.
This week I have been leading music while on a Faith Expedition. Have I said before that I love VBS?? It is always a very tiring week (I am not really sure why, as we only work for 1/2 of each day. This year's theme was "Faith Expedition" We went on a journey to learn about how Moses was given faith to follow God's plan. David was given faith to believe the promises of God. Daniel was given faith to obey God. Matthew was given faith to repent and give his life to Jesus. Finally, Paul and Silas were given faith to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Of course, we are given faith to do all of these things too. I have to admit, that sometimes this faith seems elusive. Especially during this very long wait for our daughter--the thought "will she ever get here" has often taken a journey through my head. But in the end, I do admit that God has given us the faith and the courage to endure this very long wait.
Speaking of the wait, Referrals for June came out yesterday. They were able to advance 6 days to July 6th. It is not as big as last month's, but we will take any amount of days that we can get! I took a picture of the stones from my jar on the rug for Rebecca's room (the room still needs to be done, but we have the rug!!)
