Today is another beautiful day that the Lord has blessed us with. Today, Scott is going up flying! He is finishing up his private pilot license and today is the first day he is going up in a long, long time. He already has over 70 hours but he needs to freshen up on the air time as he is studying his ground school portion. Paul, another MMS'er, is also an instructor and is helping Scott to finish up getting his rating. We are very excited about this. God has provided once again. He is so faithful to complete what He starts.
The boys and I are doing good. Our allergies here are doing their thing. Shaughn and Nathaniel have had it the worst and I am bringing up 3rd place. I do believe it is worse here than in MI. :-)
We are looking forward to our long weekend coming up. We are going camping with our local church and their kids program. I have been asked to be the photographer and am very excited about that. We will be compiling some videos and photographs together for a presentation for Sunday morning. This should be fun. Please pray for good weather.
Scott's mom and step dad came down for a visit last week and that was very fun. This weekend his dad and step mom is coming down for the first time, we are very excited to show them around. They have never seen MMS yet, Scott can't wait to show them.
Hope you are planning a fun holiday weekend too. We would love to hear about it. God bless and take care.
Lela and boyz~
Monday, August 25, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
God at work
We are back from vacation and had a great time. We made many memories and had lots of fun.
We started the "tweener's" program at church this week. It went very well. God totally blessed us all by all of the great things He did. We had 43 kids and everyone of them seem to have had a blast. The evening was action packed and Scott gave a great devotional at the end. This was a "kick-off" so it was meant to be fun-filled. Next, we going to cover the armor of God and each week teach on a different part of the armor. We pray that God continues to lead this time and helps the kids to fall into a deeper love relationship with Him. We have some great people to work with and the church is so supportive. It has been a real blessing to be a part of this ministry.
This weekend we are hosting a Prayer Retreat for our Core Prayer Team from MI. We are very excited about this and can't wait to see what the Lord has instore for all of us. We sense it will be a time of refreshing, change and renewal. Everyone seems very excited about it. That only builds the excitement for me. :-)
Matthew has joined the drama team and church and also the Y-US team. That is Youth Using Stick's ministry, sort of like dancing with long sticks to a Christian song. He is also on the new ministry team for the youth's web page and videography. He wants to be the youth's photographer and videographer and help keep the web page updated. Like doing the A.V. and sound board wasn't enough. :-) I love seeing him get so involved. He seems to be finding his nitch and it is fun seeing him become who God has created him to be. Shaughn loves playing the bass and is doing it all the time now instead of switching off. Nathaniel seems to be a born leader and has zero fear. :-) He is very excited about the new "Tweener's" ministry.
We are trying to come up with a name for the Tweeners. Please pray that God will give us a name that they can identify with and that has meaning. This is His ministry and we desire to name it what ever He wishes. :-)
That is about it for now. I am sure there will be more next week. :-) Thank you and come back again soon. We would love to hear from you so please leave a comment or email us if you would like. God bless you all!!
Lela and boyz~
We started the "tweener's" program at church this week. It went very well. God totally blessed us all by all of the great things He did. We had 43 kids and everyone of them seem to have had a blast. The evening was action packed and Scott gave a great devotional at the end. This was a "kick-off" so it was meant to be fun-filled. Next, we going to cover the armor of God and each week teach on a different part of the armor. We pray that God continues to lead this time and helps the kids to fall into a deeper love relationship with Him. We have some great people to work with and the church is so supportive. It has been a real blessing to be a part of this ministry.
This weekend we are hosting a Prayer Retreat for our Core Prayer Team from MI. We are very excited about this and can't wait to see what the Lord has instore for all of us. We sense it will be a time of refreshing, change and renewal. Everyone seems very excited about it. That only builds the excitement for me. :-)
Matthew has joined the drama team and church and also the Y-US team. That is Youth Using Stick's ministry, sort of like dancing with long sticks to a Christian song. He is also on the new ministry team for the youth's web page and videography. He wants to be the youth's photographer and videographer and help keep the web page updated. Like doing the A.V. and sound board wasn't enough. :-) I love seeing him get so involved. He seems to be finding his nitch and it is fun seeing him become who God has created him to be. Shaughn loves playing the bass and is doing it all the time now instead of switching off. Nathaniel seems to be a born leader and has zero fear. :-) He is very excited about the new "Tweener's" ministry.
We are trying to come up with a name for the Tweeners. Please pray that God will give us a name that they can identify with and that has meaning. This is His ministry and we desire to name it what ever He wishes. :-)
That is about it for now. I am sure there will be more next week. :-) Thank you and come back again soon. We would love to hear from you so please leave a comment or email us if you would like. God bless you all!!
Lela and boyz~
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
On Vacation in Pigeon Forge, TN
We are here in Pigeon Forge, TN having a blast. We spent two days in Dollywood Theme Park and tonight we are going to the Dixie Stampede. We went to the Smokey's National Park to view Cades Cove and wow, we saw so many wonderful sights like: bears, deer, wild turkey's, snakes (yuck), waterfalls, old 1800's churches, homesteads, mountain views, etc. The weather here has been in the 90's and very humid. The pool has been very refreshing. We have made wonderful memories with our family. The time of relaxation has been wonderful!!
God's beauty is so amazing. It has been very fun taking lots of photos to help remember it all. We will try to get them uploaded to our site so you can share in the beauty and in some of the funny moments too. :-)
Blessing to all of you. Keep cool and thanks for stopping by.
Lela and boyz~
God's beauty is so amazing. It has been very fun taking lots of photos to help remember it all. We will try to get them uploaded to our site so you can share in the beauty and in some of the funny moments too. :-)
Blessing to all of you. Keep cool and thanks for stopping by.
Lela and boyz~
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Michigan Trip Last week
We had such an encouraging time in Michigan! We were able to keep a "Lazaros Marathon" Schedule! We had great opportunities to share with many groups what we are doing @ MMS, and how things are going. It was great to re-connect with many of our friends and family. It was so good hanging out with all of you!
Last Thursday and Friday the Kodiak airplane was here at MMS for a visit. The hangar was buzzing with visitors and press. I (Scott)had the wonderful opportunity to go up in the Kodiak and actually log time flying it. The Kodiak is a single engine Turbo Prop airplane that was disigned with Missions in mind. The Kodiak will be a replacement to many aging aircraft in missions, and an answer to the great expense and shortage of Avgas around the world. Check out their site.
http://www.questaircraft.com/
Check out the pictures on our picture site of the Kodiak. Click on our pictures link at the side.
I had the wonderful opportunity to spend the weekend at "Camp Wagner" with a group of young men who are in a "Way of the Wild Heart" mentor group. Josh Adelsberger and I led the campout. The boys had a great time swimming, and eating hot dogs. We all went exploring through the woods and had opportunities to talk about our faith and encourage each other.
Tomorrow I will be starting with a new team leader. Mike Dunkley. I have been with Ian Hengst for the last seven months. I have grown under Ians leadership.
Last Thursday and Friday the Kodiak airplane was here at MMS for a visit. The hangar was buzzing with visitors and press. I (Scott)had the wonderful opportunity to go up in the Kodiak and actually log time flying it. The Kodiak is a single engine Turbo Prop airplane that was disigned with Missions in mind. The Kodiak will be a replacement to many aging aircraft in missions, and an answer to the great expense and shortage of Avgas around the world. Check out their site.
http://www.questaircraft.com/
Check out the pictures on our picture site of the Kodiak. Click on our pictures link at the side.
I had the wonderful opportunity to spend the weekend at "Camp Wagner" with a group of young men who are in a "Way of the Wild Heart" mentor group. Josh Adelsberger and I led the campout. The boys had a great time swimming, and eating hot dogs. We all went exploring through the woods and had opportunities to talk about our faith and encourage each other.
Tomorrow I will be starting with a new team leader. Mike Dunkley. I have been with Ian Hengst for the last seven months. I have grown under Ians leadership.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
In Michigan
We are in the middle of our time here in Michigan. We are having a blast seeing lots of old friends and meeting some new ones. It is great catching up with friends and family. There has been a lot of new building going on here too. Things are starting to look different from when we left 9 1/2 months ago.
The weather has been in the 90's and is very hot. We have been blessed to be able to swim often at friend's pools and lakes. God is good. :-)
We appreciate your prayer for traveling mercies and our times of connecting with friends. God bless you all.
Lela and boyz~
The weather has been in the 90's and is very hot. We have been blessed to be able to swim often at friend's pools and lakes. God is good. :-)
We appreciate your prayer for traveling mercies and our times of connecting with friends. God bless you all.
Lela and boyz~
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Sunny Thursday
What a beautiful day here in West Lafayette, OH. The sun is shinning so brightly. Scott had his T.E. (Technical Evaluation) this week and it went really well. He was very excited with the outcome. God is so good!!
Today we are going to Berlin (about 45 minutes north) to our dentist. Matthew is having his 2nd crown put on. His first one feel off after about 2 years and so we are hoping that this one last for years to come. He is such a trooper about it all. It is his front top tooth. I feel so bad, he is so young to be dealing with this. This all happened in a snow sledding accident a couple of years ago. He ran into our swing set in our back yard in MI. It wasn't a pretty sight but he did very well.
Matthew has a friend visiting with us this week. Justin, from MI, came to hang out with him. We are taking him back home this weekend as we are going to MI for a week of deputation. Please pray for our travels and our meeting together with old and new friends. It will be fun to see familiar faces and to meet new ones. Scott and I both have family reunions while we are there so we will be blessed to see many family members as well.
Everyone else is doing well. We are just packing and getting things ready for the trip.
God bless you all,
Lela and boyz~
Today we are going to Berlin (about 45 minutes north) to our dentist. Matthew is having his 2nd crown put on. His first one feel off after about 2 years and so we are hoping that this one last for years to come. He is such a trooper about it all. It is his front top tooth. I feel so bad, he is so young to be dealing with this. This all happened in a snow sledding accident a couple of years ago. He ran into our swing set in our back yard in MI. It wasn't a pretty sight but he did very well.
Matthew has a friend visiting with us this week. Justin, from MI, came to hang out with him. We are taking him back home this weekend as we are going to MI for a week of deputation. Please pray for our travels and our meeting together with old and new friends. It will be fun to see familiar faces and to meet new ones. Scott and I both have family reunions while we are there so we will be blessed to see many family members as well.
Everyone else is doing well. We are just packing and getting things ready for the trip.
God bless you all,
Lela and boyz~
Sunday, July 6, 2008
A beautiful Weekend!
Wow, God is so amazing! He has created the most beautiful weekend. Friday, July 4th started out very rainy, but then cleared up and occasionally drizzled here and there. We spent the day with some friends from church at their private lake/camp on their home property. It was so much fun. The entire family had a blast. Then Saturday, July 5th we had a BBQ and invited all of the MMS families over. We had over 35 people here. The sun was shining beautifully and it was a perfect day. It was so nice having everyone here. The kids played so well together and the adults even joined in on valleyball. It was so much fun. Today is another beautiful day. The sun is shinning once more (this is a rare thing here lately, it has rained so much of June and July so far). Today we have to meet some friends in Columbus and pick up their son who is staying the week with Matthew. We will take him back to MI when we go next weekend. Then later today we have some friends stopping by on their way home to tour MMS and come to hang out at the Lazaros pad for a while. We are so excited. We love visitors to stop by.
We hope you have had a blessed 4th of July holiday weekend too. Enjoy the rest of it! :-)
Tomorrow is our 18th wedding anniversary. We are pretty excited about the mile stone. It is so much fun reflecting on what God has done and has taken you during those years. We are excited to see where the next ?? years take us.
(I know this post sounds like we are really excited about a lot of things...but we really are.) :-)
Until next time...
God bless
We hope you have had a blessed 4th of July holiday weekend too. Enjoy the rest of it! :-)
Tomorrow is our 18th wedding anniversary. We are pretty excited about the mile stone. It is so much fun reflecting on what God has done and has taken you during those years. We are excited to see where the next ?? years take us.
(I know this post sounds like we are really excited about a lot of things...but we really are.) :-)
Until next time...
God bless
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