Saying goodbye

August - brings up thoughts of heat, swimming, vacation and VBS. This year was a bit different! We had a few hot days but not many. We did manage to get the slip and slide out once. We filled up the kiddie pool a few times. We made it over to the Clement's pool a couple times too. Both kids attended VBS this year and had a blast. Wayne on the other hand went out of town to attend a wedding in North Carolina - an old friend from Seminary and fellow pastor. Strange for a pastor to do during VBS but this year we had a vicar. We made new friends from Wisconsin by hosting Kim and her daughter Laura for a few days as they volunteered for VBS. I took the week to go over upcoming curriculum and lesson plans in a house by myself (gasp, that NEVER happens). And as VBS drew to a close, so did Vicar's stay with us at Divine Word. Zanna made a new friend in Vicar that was very amusing to watch. Not having to compete with his fiance until he married her and brought her back here in July, Zanna had him all to herself. The fact he got married never bothered her. He was "her vicar" as she would call out in defense of anyone who dared to bother him. And she even managed to befriend his wife Kendalyn (perhaps in order to keep a watchful eye on her?). Anyway, this picture makes me laugh - notice how she's planted herself right next to him? Nevertheless, the time came for them to go back from whence they came - that would be the Seminary in Wisconsin - and we wish them both many blessings in their new life together! Zanna, on the other hand, continues to watch for silver Honda Accords that could be Vicar's.