Flamingos, frogs, and churches

(Loving sisters in IL admiring day-lilies!)

(Me at 33 weeks gestation, Gracie as the pillow, cousin Isaiah, and Ana)

We had the opportunity to take the kids to the children's museum, zoo, and nature museum in Chicago - what fun! It was SO hot, so the indoor activities were quite welcome!

Josh's uncle Jim took us around to a few churches at the end of the week to meet the pastors or others to hand them one of our packets of info about our missionary plans. It was such an encouragement to us to have meaningful conversations with some churches and individuals about Uganda and missions. Our base of support is growing, slowly but surely!

(Frogs have smooth skin, toads have bumpy skin.)

Comments

Amanda said…

Im glad she is wearing her glasses! =)

1:23 PM

Abby R said…

The sunglasses are so cute in her hair! :)

1:29 PM

Josh said…

Grace, like her dad, loves to read the signs :-)

1:50 PM

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