The coordinators of the MK childrens program at our annual ABWE Missionary Enrichment conference surprised all of the kids with a special limo ride to McDonalds, with special people inside the limo, and an ice cream treat awaiting them when they arrived. They rolled out the red carpet for the kids to enter the limo and made them feel extra special as they rode to McD's in style! Aurora loved it. It was the highlight of the week for our MK's! It was also a very poignant reminder of just how special they are (& all of us) to God - His special children that He has called to serve Him and to love Him...and to love OTHERS!

Made me think today just how special I am to the LORD! Thank you Jesus for making each of us (Dan, Aurora and I) a child of the KING!

I love our family. I'm so grateful for a husband who takes time to be WITH his family - not working all the time, even in the midst of his busiest time of the year he chooses to travel AGAIN with his family and get away from it all so we can have some quiet, quality time together. I love him so much! And I love that we have fun together - we don't have to be doing anything - just be together. And Aurora is so easily amused - she's happy just walking around, watching people, eating an ice cream cone, playing Wii, or riding on a bus. She doesn't ask for everything or have to do everything...she loves our family and we're so glad she's a part of it! I thank the Lord daily (usually more than once) for our family and how much love we have for each other and for HIM!