Speed Update!!!

Sorry I haven't updated this thing in, um, quite a while. =) I go through blog burnout every once in a while, so please forgive me, if anyone is still reading this! =)
So, in an attempt to catch you up on what's going on here, here are the past few weeks in pictures!

I'll tell you what, if it's not one thing, it's another with us. For those of you that know, Amber and I have quite a history of "mishaps" and we now have another to add to our list! A couple of weeks ago, I was getting some water to start washing the dishes, when I moved the faucet, the thing just snapped and broke and water started squirting out of the top! So, until Sean (thankfully!) came and rescued us and fixed it, we were hauling jugs of water from the shower to the sink to wash dishes. Needless to say, it was a four hand operation and made us feel like we were real "pioneer women"!

The Tour De Pologne rolled through Olsztyn again last week. It was a super cold day, but we all bundled up to head out and check it out. The hi-light was seeing this monster truck roll through. No, not with the bikes. There are several different vehicles that come through first for advertisements. I mean, nothing says America like a big monster truck, right?!?!

Last weekend, I was blessed to be able to attend a retreat for singles all throughout this region in Riga, Latvia (confession: didn't know Latvia was a country until I came to this part of the world!). It was so wonderful to get together with old friends, meet new friends, and just have a time to be refreshed and refocused on Christ. Sunday we celebrated Bailey's birthday before we headed to Vilnius, Lithuania where we stayed for the night, then headed back to Olsztyn the next day.

Another picture of some wonderful ladies I got to hang out with in Riga. Definitely one of the best parts of this experience has been meeting so many amazing people. I am blessed.

Bailey, Sarah (a journeyman from Krakow) and Amber in the van on the ride from Riga to Vilnius (thankfully we had a couple of great guys to drive and navigate...left more time for us to talk and sing!). And here is where my sentimentality (is that a word??) comes in...I took this picture, because as I sat there looking at these ladies, I was overwhelmed with how much I'm going to miss them and these experiences. For those of you who don't know, I'm headed back to the states on October 28th, so my time here is running very short, and it's becoming more and more real that this chapter is ending. I'm not too sure what to make of it. It's such a strange mix of emotions to be thinking of right now. Please pray for me as I finish my time here, it's going to be rough. Amber and I are trying to make connections this last month and I'd also ask you to pray for that. I really want to make the most of these last meetings, so please pray for open doors and boldness, yet sensitivity to the Spirit of God as we connect one last time.