Thursday, September 07, 2006

Winding Down (Part 1)- Jore's


Just 2 months to go! We continue to travel each weekend and occasionally midweek to visit churches and share about Uganda (our total is 45 programs in 11 states!). Elijah and Judah have
really gotten used to life on the road and have done great, which we attribute much of to your prayers. A few days ago as we were traveling home from sharing in Kenyon, MN, Elijah said, “Where’s me going?” He’s never quite sure how long he’ll be sitting in his car seat each time we strap him in! He was quite pleased to know we were going back home to Grandpa and Grandma Monseth’s house.

In our “downtime” we continue to plug away at planning what to bring and making purchases (we’re hoping to start packing soon!), as well as keeping up with correspondence and paperwork. Every once in awhile we take a break! We enjoyed a night at a cabin on Lake Michigamme in Michigan last weekend following our time in Ishpeming. The cabin was cozy, the
sunrise was beautiful, the water was warm and we all drove away refreshed and ready to get back to work.

We will visit churches until October 1st (every weekend and a few Wednesdays), primarily here in MN, and then our final month will be spent packing and saying good bye’s. We will be commissioned by our home congregation, Grace Free Lutheran, in Maple Grove, MN on October 29th (Sunday - 10:30am). Anyone and everyone is welcome to come! It will also be our final Sunday at Grace as our plane takes off the following Wednesday (November 1st).