This included spending fun times with family including three family reunions.
We loved being with the grandbabies! (And our kids, of course ...)
One of the reunions was in Tennessee so we spent a little time hiking in the Smoky Mountains. Beautiful!
In between the travels and reunions we did get some work done. For Steve mowing a pasture is fun work. He and his brother also spent time fixing tractors and getting them ready to sell for their Mom. There was also work to do for his parent's estate such as helping to sell properties, cutting down many small trees that were in the wrong place and lots of miscellaneous things on the to-do list. It was great to be able to help her which we haven't been able to do much while we're in Moz.
We also had a good time reconnecting with people from our church and other friends. This is an important part of being home for us.
Labor Day weekend we made our traditional sojourn to Lake Michigan. Bocce ball in progress here.
We fit in a baby shower for the next grandbaby coming soon and had fun being creative with the melon. Keith put his artistic talent to work.
On our way home to Mozambique we stopped in Germany for a weekend to visit missionary friends but that will wait for another entry. We're back remembering how to live here. Steve is OK with driving on the left but he keeps forgetting what side the blinkers are on and so the windshield wipers go on quite regularly!
One of my first impressions at the airport was the spontaneity of Africans, laughter, joyful singing. Yeah, and a guy talking so loudly that he interrupted my nap. But it's good to be back.
