Baby Lucy is here!
Our third child came to us on September 27th at 5:45 a.m. She was 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 20.75 inches long. She is our first U.S. born child, as David and Emily were both born in Nicaragua.
Debriefing and Renewal
Luke and I had the opportunity to attend a DAR (Debriefing and Renewal) seminar the last week of July. It was held at Mission Training International in Palmer Lake, Colorado. This program was for any missionaries who had spent time on the mission field and were coming back to the US for a time. Topics included: stress, burn-out, soul care, healthy goodbyes and hellos, etc. We took this week as a wonderful gift from God. We were very thankful that an anonymous donation came in to pay for more than half the cost of the conference! And an added blessing was that our kids could spend the week with their Grammie and GrandDad, leaving us with kid-free meal times and evenings - a great chance to hang out with others or process what we'd been learning each day. Though the program is pricey, we found it very helpful and would highly recommend it to any missionary who has spent any amount of time on the mission field. It is so well worth it. He...
