Thanks so much for your initial responses to our blog! I am already finding that the difficulty is going to be in keeping this thing up to date! Well, the last week was an eventful one. We had planned a family camping trip for the end of the week. However, on Tuesday, I hurt my back while playing squash. This is an old injury and I knew the proper cure- flat in bed. So, Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday I spent in bed, other than a couple of necessary visits, a Bible study and a meeting. Despite the injury we decided to press on with our trip, but instead of camping we decided to head down to Greece for some R&R. We picked a hotel with a pool that was also close to the beach. We arrived on Thursday about noon and stayed till Sunday morning. It was a very relaxing time and the pool was pretty good therapy for my back!

Rebekah, Josh and Daniel really enjoyed the beach and are eager to go back for a more complete vacation at the end of August.

Today is a turnaround day. We are washing clothes and repacking to leave tomorrow for our annual mission meeting in Poland. We will be together with several hundred colleagues from around Central and Eastern Europe. Our time begins with two days of meetings for fellow Strategy Coordinators and then the full session begins with all of the missionaries from all over. The kids are really looking forward to seeing their friends, most of whom they see this one time a year.

So, a few prayer items:
1) For a safe trip to and from Poland and a time of renewal there.
2) A renewed vision for our church here in Skopje.
3) Preparations for our summer camp, the first week of August.
4) Help with our digital camera! It quit working our last day in Greece and we want to be able to post more pictures for you!!!

In closing, here are a few more pics from the last couple of weeks:




Jackie and Josh at his kindergarten "graduation" ceremony!









Well, I wanted to post some more pics, but for some reason the upload is giving me trouble!

More after Poland!

Kyle