Setting a New Pace

Our  homemade scarecrow

The view of Index Lake from our kitchen window

Evie loves being a part of the Cubbies group at the church here

This is what we do with our extra time!

Norah's potentially unsafe new 'perch' :)

We are finding out that life moves a little more slowly up here in the mountains! While Justin certainly has an abundance of work to do, my job as mommy is slightly less demanding lately, and it feels so good!
While it felt a little strange at first to realize that I have nowhere in particular to go each day, (since we only plan to do a trip to town for groceries and other errands twice a month), and I had a bit of a 'boredom' syndrome going on at first, I am settling in to the more relaxed pace of living in the mountains far from town. It's a good thing I've got a little extra time on my hands, too, since our little quonset hut doesn't have a dishwasher or washer & dryer at the moment and that means a little extra work for everyone- but we are thankful to be right across the road from the laundry room here at Victory! I know that this nice relaxing time won't last forever, though, so I am trying to savor it while it does last!
Justin has certainly had plenty to do, helping to plan the upcoming Jr. High Retreat here at camp, recruiting staff to help counsel for that weekend, learning to host guest groups (since that will be a rotating duty of his all winter), figuring out the snow removal strategies around camp (we did not realize just how MUCH snow removal there must constantly be here!), and learning to use a chainsaw to cut wood for heating our house. All the work and busyness of the last couple of months seems to have caught up to our family, though, since we are all sick! Thankfully Justin's illness hit him over the weekend and he didn't miss out on too much work. :)
While we are still waiting on word of whether a couple more churches can pick us up on support, we are happy to say we've officially reached a solid 70 percent of our goal! We are praising God for this and praying that he continues to lead people to join the support team for us here at Victory.

Ways you can be in prayer for us:

-That Justin continues to learn his job of Program Director and what that all means
-That we can live as a family with a servant-hearted approach to our ministry here
-That the sickness leaves our house and we can all feel better soon!