Summers End

Hello everyone! This month sped by and we are back into school once again. Its hard to believe that summer is coming to an end already and it won't be long till the leaves will be changing. We will welcome some cooler temperatures, however. We are thankful that God saw fit to send us some rain this month. Our grass is now green again, and needs mowing! It was too late for our garden though. With the insufficient rain, and the deer invading it, we have had little produce this summer.

We packed alot in this past month. The county fair went really well and we had over 60 people ask the Lord to be their Savior. Mike was very busy with things at church, so I decided to pack up and go to Ohio by myself and visit our family. I left on Friday and came back on Saturday the following week. I had a great time! On Sunday my side of the family had our annual family reunion, and I don't get to attend very often. I got to see aunts, uncles, and cousins that I have not seen since my dad passed away last year. On Monday my sister and I took days just for "us" and we went to one of our favorite places Shipshewana, IN. It was good to spend some time together and we shopped till we dropped, but had a wonderful time together. The rest of the week I basically spent visiting with Mom T, having lunch with my special friend, Vinnie, and a family dinner on Thursday night. While I was in Ohio, Mike got a terrible toothache and had to have a "hidden" wisdom tooth that had a cavity was infected, pulled. It took the dentist about an hour to get it out. He is still in some pain over that. Last Friday he had the cancer on his ear removed, and it was a successful surgery. Thank you all for your prayers for him. He has one more surgery scheduled for September 13, and then we should be all set.

We have some very exciting news! Seth, our second oldest grandson called us last Tuesday night to tell us he had gotten saved! We were thrilled at this news. We pray for our grandkids every day, so this is a real answer to our prayers. We are going to TN this weekend so we will be at Temple Baptist when Seth gets baptised. How good God is to us. We are looking forward to a few vacation days to spend time with our TN kids.

September is a big month for us at church also. School starts, and one of the highlights of our year, our Missions Conf. takes place. We look forward to hearing from all of you soon!