Pearl had one last birthday party with her karate friends in Chester County on June 29th. Here they all are with the amazing Pegasus cake. The Greek myth games came out again, and they seemed to enjoy them.
This last weekend Jasper took the big girls to see some friends home from their mission field in Thailand while Ruby and I worked to get ready for the youth retreat that just ended. We had a nice but too brief time catching up with the Killars when they visited our church on Sunday, and then the retreat began.We had six boys and five girls, plus the five in our family, all hospitably housed in a home lent to us by some church members. I had been praying for grace and patience, and when God sends it, it is like you don't even need to think about it. The kids all got along well and made great use of the devotional times.
We had campfires each night, and during the day the youth sorted donated clothes, rolled them tightly, and packed them into banana boxes that would eventually be shipped to missionaries and disaster areas around the world. We totaled 140 of these boxes at about 20 lbs. of clothing per box. The two big girls have swim lessons this week, which meant we were in the pool while the youth were packing boxes. Pearl hopes to pass the diving board test tomorrow, and I see a big jump in her swimming abilities.
Sapphire, meanwhile, delights in her little nursery-rhyme-singing class, but she also found she can swim underwater. This makes her even more independent in the water, greatly decreasing my level of relaxation while in the pool with her.
S'mores are so sticky!
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