quick update

Hey y'all!

I'm in Kansas City. I arrived Thursday evening. I spent the evening with my Aunt Janet's family and we walked the plaza which was a lot of fun. :-) I spent yesterday afternoon and evening with Grandma and Grandpa Rockhold. It was very relaxing to sit and chat and catch up on things. :-) Today Aunt Janet's family and I are leaving to head down to Turkey Hill. I will be stay through all three family camps and then heading home with the Walrath's family. So all in all I should be home around August 15th.

I was going to post a couple more pictures but that will have to wait since I am not on my computer right now. :-)


~Because I Know Christ Lives~
Jenny

arizona.sunshine.girl@gmail.com

RAIN!!

I was soooo happy because...

IT RAINED!!!

You know the red Mesa in my profile pic? well this is it!!

Lots and lots of puddles!!! :-D

mud puddle...you can kinda see the rain drops

Steady stream

RIVER!!! :-D

A very happy and wet me!

So a lot has happened since my last update. John and Ruth left with their kids and grand kids and when hiking for a week leaving me in charge, they came home and left again for a family reunion in CO. I was once again in charge for the week. It was fun. Shannon came during the day and we did all kinda of work projects. We painted Anne's living room, finished painting the bleachers, finished staining a deck, stained some playground equipment, weeded John's garden and one of Ruth's, chopped down weeds, hunted and collected step ladders, cleaned a big room in the Holcomb building, moved boards, painted the game room, stacked desks in the two high school rooms to get ready for the youth group that is coming Sunday and general other things.

This morning John and Ruth received a call from their son Davy saying that his wife Katie was dying. She had had a brain aneurysm this morning and the doctors were doing surgery to stop the bleeding and relieve the pressure on her brain but told him there was only a 10% chance of her surviving. Well the Lord has worked through out the day and Katie was able to squeeze Davy's hand and move her feet when he asked. Then she started talking. Not complete sentences but words. She even sat up and pulled out her oxygen tubes and said "yes!". The doctors are completely amazed. They said that she is still in a semi-comma (not drug induced). John and Ruth fly out at 6 am to go be with them for a week, we are leaving here at 3 am. I will be driving their truck back. So pray for travel mercies for them.

The youth group from Cali comes on Sunday bringing 90+ young people with them. We have several work projects planned for them out in the community as well as VBS's in the evening. They will be here through Friday morning. Pray for their travels, and that they would be a blessing in the community as well as a witness for Christ. Be praying for Greg, Ranson, Lula, Lorena and myself as we work with the youth group.

Lastly I will be leaving to head home on Thursday. I will fly to KC and then spend two weeks at Turkey Hill for Ozark I and II.

Well I'd better get going. I have to be up early tomorrow.

~Because I Know Christ Lives~

Jenny

arizona.sunshine.girl@gmail.com

and so begins week three :-)

Sunday

Sunday Lorena took me to Four Corners!! It was so much fun! We looked at all the booths and stuff which was really cool. The youth group from Metford Oregon also arrived on Sunday. There are 15 of them all together.

Below is a picture of me standing in four states at once! :-)

Monday

Monday we (the youth group and I) started mixing and pouring concrete slabs. We had to sift sand and rocks from the wash bed for the concrete.

Tuesday

Tuesday I helped take out part of an old fence and set the posts for the new one.

We also mixed more concrete for the slabs.

Today

Today most of the youth group went out into the community to pour some more concrete. Kevin, Jacob, Kelsi, Evan and I stayed here and did some minor work around the mission. We reset a fence post and prepped the posts for the fence, laid new carpet for Lorena as well as some other "odd jobs". :-)

This evening we all walked down to a Slot Canyon. It was really cool! About a mile from the mission on part of a wash were it narrows down a lot. It reminds me of a cave in Missouri only its open on the top. It was a lot of fun!

this evening John set off a couple of fire crackers for us to start getting the 4th of July mood going! :-)

Well that's all for tonight!

~Because I Know Christ Lives~

Jenny

arizona.sunshine.girl@gmail.com