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~

Jeremiah's 6!!

Our baby boy is 6 years old today. Hard to believe that Jeremiah is 6. He has had a great day. Cindy Shirak, a friend of ours from MI, came down on Friday to surprise Shaughn and Jeremiah for their birthdays. Friday was Shaughn's 17th. Cindy bought the boys a pinata and filled it with candy and we all had a huge laugh swinging at it. Cindy got it on video and we got her. We had a lot of laughs with her. We all made Amish Homemade Pretzels last night, what a hoot.

We are sitting at a Christian Coffee House in Walnut Creek and eating pizza and having a great time.

We have been given the go ahead to fill out and mail in our application for Alaska as long as we keep our ears and eyes open to the Lord in case He decides to show us another place to serve. We are open to that as we desire to always be in HIS will. :-) Please pray as we move forward with this decision. :-)

We are well on our way with the Tweener's class at church. It is going very well and our helpers are so great. God has blessed in this class. We desire your prayers as we continue to help this ministry to grow for Jesus.

Well, Scott is wanting to leave now due to it is getting late. So, I had better go for now.

God bless you all,
Lela and boyz~

Shaughn's 17 today!!!!

Happy 17th Birthday Shaughn!!

Hard to believe 17 years ago Scott and I held our first born in our arms for the first time. He is a little big to do that today in the same way but he is still one for hugs. He is growing into such a gentleman and a man of God. He is and has been such a joy to our lives.

Last week at MMS, the boys and I were able to go for a ride in the famous Kodiak. What a huge exciting opportunity for all of us. Scott went on a ride in July, but MMS arranged for the rest of the families to be able to go on rides before it left for MO.

We have had many visitors lately and loving it all. Scott's mom and step dad came down for a week in August and Scott's dad and step mom came down over Labor Day weekend. This weekend we have a friend coming down from MI for the first time. She is a really fun person who we have all fell in love with and can't wait to spend time with her. She was on the worship team at our home church and went with us to the Philippines in 2004. She also served with us as a youth sponsor during our time of serving in that ministry before we moved to Ohio. Can't wait to see you Cindy!!!

Labor day weekend...we camped out at Wagner Lake here in town with the children from our church and surrounding churches. Shaughn and Matthew were counselors with about 8 kids assigned to them to keep up with, Lela was the photographer for the weekend, Nathaniel was an attendee and Scott & Jeremiah hung out and helped where they were needed. There was 32 kids that attended. We had great weather and a really fun time. The Wagner's attend our church here in Coshocton and have a beautiful private lake on their property. They have it set up really nice for events like this and this was their 15th year doing this. They call it the "Back to School" campout for kids in grades 2nd-7th.

Scott loves being back up in the air flying again. He has went up a few times already and Paul told him to be getting ready to start doing it solo again. He felt it has come back pretty quickly to him. He hadn't forgot as much as he thought. :-)

Sunday is Jeremiah's 6th birthday. Our baby...already 6 years old. Where does the time go??

Jeremiah and Nathaniel started soccer practices again this week. Their first game is tomorrow. They are very excited about it. Shaughn and Matthew are sad that their age group does not have a fall team. They miss it a lot.

Our food coop is really booming now. We had tons of tomatoes and other veggies. I am making salsa today and canning it. We love salsa and popcorn so we are trying to store some up for the winter months. Yum!!!

Everyone is doing fine. Allergies are not so good but it is the season. We look forward to hearing from you all and pray that you have a great day. Bless you all!

Lela and boyz~