April Came Blowing In

April started on a peaceful, reflective note as we commemorated the Memorial of Jesus’ death.

Jacob gave the talk for his congregation.

My sisters and their families in Southern Oregon

Mom and dad with my cousin, Shannon on the coast of Oregon

Mom’s twin, Aunt Patsy in Washington

Tyce and Costa on the Big Island, Hawaii

Matt and Belize in Washington

Curtis and Kathleen on Majuro

Dae hoon and Hyejin in Korea

Kina and her roommate in New York

Ed and Cindy with her mom in Oregon

Pastry break during our morning ministry

The start of a new painting

The finish

The gifting

Inspiration

Manoah joined the maintenance team

John and Sally visit Oregon

Typhoon Sinlaku on a path for the Mariana Islands—preparations began the weekend before

The storm didn’t hit us directly but it crawled by at 4 mph on parts of the 14th, 15th and 16th. It took about 48 hours to pass by.

Passing the time with a little Yahtzee and bean dip

Cocktail hour

Coffee hour the following morning

Once the storm passed we could run a generator for the refrigerator and charge our devices.

Dinner out with the kids to cool off

A beautiful gift from Jolene

Creative meals during no-power days—crab cakes (sort of)

Eliza’s parents were on-island, and our planned boat trip was canceled because of the storm. Once the weather cleared and it was safe to head out, we made our way to the beach instead.

It felt good to get out of the house and be with friends.

Making dinner on a camp stove

After meeting on Sunday we got our power back.

Watching School for Kingdom Evangelizers (SKE) graduation for Blaze and Dallas with Russell, Elizabeth, Brandon, Naomi and Gad

Blaze read the class "letter of appreciation"

Jolene and Will took their girls, Maggie and Josie, to New York, where they unexpectedly crossed paths with friends from Guam. Haruko (left with her husband) is a friend we first met in Pohnpei in 2013, and Stefany (wearing green) and her husband moved to Guam sometime after we did.

They also ran into Brian who is part of the reason we were prompted to move to Guam.

Jolene with Marinda

Kina joined the party

The two of them trying to make me jealous

Happy anniversary!

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Love these two “reflective" photos