August

Here it is, August 12th. In our part of the world, summer has reached its peak, lakes are warm enough to swim in, and gardens are producing veggies. Our garden got started a bit late this year since Jafred was in Kenya during normal planting season, and Christina found it a bit harder to bend over to do much planting, watering, weeding and so forth. So we only expect the most hardy of our seeds to come to fruition. Speaking of "fruits" we want to extend our warm congratulations and welcome to all the new babies being born into the world! Big hugs to Nafis and Shirin, David and Giani, Farzana and Neil, Arnold and Canan and a few others who are due any day now, or in several months (you know who you are....!!) We pray that this next generation of servants to the wellbeing of mankind grows strong, healthy and spiritual as day follows day.

Speaking of the next generation, a 10-year old friend taught us recently how to set the automatic timer on our digital camera...heehee....so here's a photo...