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The girls dropped over last night. They brought a friend, Molly. It was wonderful to see them again. I’m going to try to find a wi fi connection to check the mail and update the blog.
We dropped by the Red Lion to see if we could register for convention. They were still setting up tables. We ran into the director of Chaplain Ministries for Open Bible (our denomination). Mike and John made good use of the time catching up on the past year.
My folks called as they were entering town, they‘re attending convention too. We met at the church where the girls are serving, and took them out to lunch. What a joy to see them. It wasn’t such a joy to hear that they plan to stay here this summer and find jobs…though it was expected. We did raise them to be logical, responsible, and debt free. ::snort:: At 22 and 20 they are certainly old enough to make their own decisions. They will both be serving internships with Master’s Commission next year, and continuing their leadership/admin/Bible School type education. They plan to work this summer and hopefully their bosses will be willing to work with their wild schedules in the fall. It will be fun to watch them serve at convention. They’ll be in a lot of human videos. Krista is in charge of care for children 0 -2.
After lunch, we headed back to the hotel and registered for convention.
Jared and Jamin are both sick today. We left them out at the trailer. I’m currently sitting in a parking lot at Fairchild AFB, while Mike talks to them about renting a spot for the trailer to stay while we head to AK. We’ll then hit the commissary/BX and head back to the trailer to check on the boys. Wow - discovered that regardless of “orders from General Mosley”, each base commander does his own thing. We were told to remove our vehicle’s base stickers in TX…but HERE you still need stickers….so that took some more time at the visitor center. Stacia and Arielle are napping. I like the idea of not advertising we are military on our car. The girls had some minor trouble with vandalism to their car related to the military stickers.
It’s been fun to be incognito. I GREW UP in this organization…but since our ministries have kept us out of the mainstream of the group….i.e. there are usually no Open Bible churches where we are stationed, we’ve not been able to get away for conference, most don’t recognize me. BUT they recognize MIKE - what’s up with THAT? The fun of this is that I recognize folks from my childhood and yet, THEY don’t know who I am. Of course, when Mom and Dad arrive and they see us together my cover will be blown. I did run into two old friends earlier….our youth leader’s wife and a childhood friend - THEY recognized me…..Had a great time “introducing” myself to my childhood pastor and his wife. I forget that some have maintained those relationships in the sense that they are still working in the same areas, same churches, same authorities…..we change most those things every 2 - 4 years. ::snort::
Mike is back - more later and some day I’ll find a wi fi and upload some of this. ::snort::
We ended our day with a big picnic of convention goers at a local park. Fun. The park is great. They had a duck pond which we enjoyed as we left the area.
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Betty Puddles! What on earth are YOU doing there?
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