saying goodbye to the kiddos after unloading 22 action packers of stuff to send with them 

Slowly but surely

We're recovering. We've been back two and a half weeks, and life is slowly returning to normal. The first two weeks were crazy. We had kids, kids, and more kids. The house was chaos. It feels a little too quiet now. Josh, Josie, and their kids left for Indonesia not quite a week ago, and it's been a hard adjustment. They were a HUGE part of our lives. Frequent email updates help, along with the knowledge that God is protecting them and providing abundantly for them. Thank you for your prayers for all of us.
We would like to ask you to partner with us in prayer for Josh and Josie as they adjust. They arrived in Kalimantan today, and, although they have internet, there will be times when they feel very alone. Also, for our daughter Rachel and her husband Ryan as they seek the Lord's wisdom about getting involved in a camp ministry in northern Canada. Kara and Nate need prayer as well as they put their house up for sale and move into an apartment in Waukesha to minimize their workload. They are seeking to serve the Lord in their business pursuits as well as their personal life. Tamara is applying for jobs and preparing to move into the dorms on the 18th of August. Pray that she will be able to adjust to having very little personal time and space, and that she will be able to keep up with classes and life in a very new situation.
Thank you all so much for your prayers and support over the past months. The Lord has surely answered them all and blessed us in abundance.