Grace Chapel Project Girl's Intern House

You may be wondering what has taken me so long to post pictures of the finished project. The answer is, on the day it was completed we had girl interns here, who moved right in before I could get pictures. So I had to wait until the end of summer. Thank you Grace Chapel Men's team for taking this project on, I know you'll enjoy seeing pictures of the completed house.

Intern house continued

Because it is somewhat tricky to upload pictures I will have to do this in a series of posts. This is showing the front door and the girl's living room area. Before and after.

Compliments of Grace Chapel Men

For those who follow our blog, you'll remember last April, Grace Chapel of Lancaster brought down a men's work team. The men not only started the re-model of our girls intern house, they also had raised all $11,000 needed to complete the project. Kitchen before and after.

Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! Dr. Seuss

Today is the day Danielle starts her college career at Fresno Pacific University. While we were there in May, we did most of the ground work for her to begin today. With that in mind we felt comfortable letting her fly up alone. Today, however my feelings are mixed. My desire is to be with her and walk with her through the process of setting up her dorm room. Yet, I know she is in the capable hands of Nicole and Jay. They will represent us as her parents at a dinner tonight for the Presidential Scholars. Pray for her. Howard and I were watching "Planet Earth" last night where mother birds were teaching their young to fly. In one case, owls simple started by flying from branch to branch and as they gained confidence they increased their distance until they were finally flying. Our girl is in that process right now, please pray for her as she increases confidence to launch into life as God has prepared it exactly for her.

From El Refugio to Quito

Howard joined the programming team along with some of our interns and two guests on a 25 mile hike from El Refugio to Quito. One of the guests is a pastor here in Ecuador and was at Refugio for some needed R&R. He was also to have a period of time where he completely "unplugged". The first two nights he stayed in the cabin and he told Howard he knew God was telling him to slow down and simplify his life. He said he was listening but then came the hike. While on the hike, he felt like God was saying, "No, really I mean it, slow down, simplify and get back to the basics." I wonder how many of us need to heed the same message?