Busy Summer

This summer has been a busy one for sure.  We arrived home from The Billy Graham Training Center at the end of May and baby Wren arrived on June 12th.  Maribeth had a great delivery having gone to the birthing center at 5am, delivered Wren around noon, and was back home at 5pm!

Olivia is a great Big Sister

We had all of the kids and their families here for a Wren Reveal over the July 4th holiday.  Rachel, Mark, and Bowen arrived on Saturday June 28th at 7am from Florida, Julie and Micah came in on Sunday, Bill and Amy, Jane's sister flew in from Annapolis on Tuesday afternoon, and Becky, Corey, Ella Mae, and Isabel arrived Tuesday night.  Eli came down from Wake Forest on Wednesday morning.

 Family pictures were scheduled for 8:30 on Wednesday and everyone showed up on time!

 Olivia 2, Micah 9 mos, Wren 3 wks, Ella Mae 3, Isabel 9 mos, and Bowen 5mos

Eli, Julie, Micah, Isabel, Corey, Ella, Becky, Olivia, Ben, Mari, Wren, Bowen, Mark, Rachel

Isabel, Corey, Ella Mae, Rebecca

 Julie, Micah, Eli

 Olivia, Ben, Wren, Mari

Bowen, Mark, Rachel

We were so glad Amy and Bill could join us for the Wren Reveal

Uncle Bill was a huge hit with the children

Thursday was beach day.  Jane aka Giga with Olivia and Ella

Mark, Bowen, and Aunt Amy

Mari, Rachel, Bowen, Becky, Isabel, and Poppy

Aunt Amy manned the snack wagon

Friday the 4th we celebrated at Maribeth's

What would July 4th be without a patriotic parade!  Couldn't find a local one so the girls 

put together a stroller parade just for Aunt Amy

We don't need much to be happy!  Any pool will do the trick.

Bowen and Rachel

Isabel or Esa as Ella calls her with Becky

Don't belly flop Poppy you'll empty the pool!

Ella Mae trying to drown Poppy

Note to self : The problem with "quality time" is you never know when it will come along.

Baby Wren napped while her cousins were hard at play

Giga and Ella Mae making desert

Thanks baby Wren for bringing us all together for a wonderful time.

Aunt Amy and Uncle Bill flew back to Maryland after the celebration.

Saturday we took the festivities to Glenn's brother's place on Lake Marion

This was Glenn's parents house and Dennis and his wife Linda have done a magnificent job

of updating from top to bottom.  Mom and Dad would be so proud of how 

they have refinished it.  

Our children have so many wonderful memories vacationing on this lake.  

Aunt Linda and Uncle Denny have continued the tradition.

Olivia, Bowen, and Ella really enjoyed the pool.

Aunt Linda and Bowen

Uncle Denny's customized golf cart

We surely had a great family reunion at the lake!

Rachel and her family headed home on Sunday.  Becky along with her girls and Julie and Micah stayed through the following week.  Jane and I kept Ella Mae through the next week and took her home to Georgia.  We sure enjoyed having the family together for such an extended time.

That sums up our summer through the end of July.  

We leave on Friday the 1st of August to spend some time in Maryland with Jane's Dad.  

We will be serving at Fair Haven, a mountain respite for Pastors and Missionaries in East Tennessee, the third week of August, cleaning chalets and cabins.

We report on August 28th to the Center for Intercultural Training in Union Mills NC near Asheville.  We will be there for a Sower project in September.  We will be at Summit Grove Camp and Conference Center in New Freedom PA just below York for an October Sower project.

Back home in SC for November and December with a visit back to Maryland for Thanksgiving.

January and February we will be in central Florida for two Sower projects.  In March we plan to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary with a cruise through the Panama Canal.

We thank the Lord for His provision of a wonderful family and the health to serve with Sowers.  We trust that you will join us in ministry via prayer as we travel and work.  We will update the blog as we go along.

Godspeed,  Glenn and Jane