The Fair is Coming!!!

Yes, it is that time of year here in Coshocton, OH. Everyone is busy getting ready for the county fair. Not only are they busy getting ready for it, but everyone is expected to work at it. LOL I am getting the privilege to work for a really sweet lady who owns American Harvest Bulk Food store. I love shopping there and really enjoy her conversation so this will be a blast to help her out in this way. Everything here is postponed or canceled for the week of the fair. All soccer games are canceled. :-) We find this pretty funny since we have not really experienced this before.

We enjoyed an Air Show at the local airport this past weekend. They really did a great job. They even had a jet powered port-a-potty. Yep, it drove up and down the active runway. We captured it on video. Too funny.

Scott is working on a King Air this week and is really enjoying it. He is trying to take it all in and learn all he can.

I am at the hangar right now using their high speed internet to update this page. The joy of high speed. The down side is that it keeps bumping me off line.
What is up with that? LOL

Our "Tweener's" ministry at church is going very well. We are still trying to come up with a name for the kids. Something besides "tweener's". If you have any ideas, pass them along. :-)

Matthew has made the try outs for the traveling drama team at church. He has also been asked to head up the web page (design and upkeep) for the youth ministry. He has joined the AV team for the church and heads up the AV team for the youth. He is getting very involved here and loves it.

Shaughn loves being 17 and having his very own phone. He has waited so long to get one and now he is trying to figure out how to get all of the cool ring tones to go on it.

Nathaniel and Jeremiah have had a little cough lately. The weather change is the cause of that I am sure. They love playing soccer and have started practicing for the Christmas play at church. I know, it is only September, but they start that early around here. Nathaniel has the lead part of Joseph. He is very excited about it.

Me, I am keeping busy with everyone's schedule and life in general. I meet weekly with 2 ladies who are such a blessing. We are doing a study together and actually have only just begun. We are in the first chapter so we are all excited to see how it goes. It is nice just to be able to meet and pray for one another. God is so good.

Scott and I are filling out our applications for M.A.R.C. to serve with them in Alaska. We are waiting until October 1st to mail them off. We are excited to see how this process goes.

Scott is flying and loving it. He is just about ready to solo again. Paul is really pushing him to get to that level and it has been good for Scott. Now he has to begin the studying part so he can be confident to pass his written test.

Last week we lost power, as most of Ohio did, due to the Hurricane Ike winds that blew through here last Sunday night. During that wind storm, our suburban decided to quit as well. I found out that walking in high winds of 70+ mph (ish) is very hard to do for very long. My legs hurt and so did my chest. We broke down not too far from the church and had to still pick up the boys. Due to the winds, our cell phones did not work so we couldn't let them know what had happened. Praise the Lord there was 2 other families there who drove our family home. Many fallin trees on the roads and debre everywhere. Some people are still waiting for their power to turn back on. We lost ours for 2 days and thought it was horrible. Please remember those families who are still without.

God bless you all and take care until our next update.
Lela and boyz~