So here's a very recent family picture! We are just finishing up 4th term and ready to head off to Laos for our trip. It should be an adventure! We have bus tickets to get there and a hotel for the first night away from home. After that we are on our own. No connections in a foreign, and Communist country! So remember us to our Father! We really have no idea what to expect, and no real plans for what we will do there.  I have a phrase book with some Laotian phrases and usually you can find somebody who speaks at least a little English. Otherwise it will be through signs and wonders - We sign, and they wonder and vica versa.   So yeah, it could be interesting! It's a little scary, too, even though I do like adventure!

     And here's a snap-shot of the two of us that someone took the other evening at Rick's house.
Our time here had been very good for us as a couple. I think we've learned to know each other better than ever, and also to realize how much more we have to learn about how we each think, as we talk things through... miss each other occasionally, and finally learn to see how the other sees. I really appreciate those times of visiting and sharing hearts. Especially when Darren makes time after a long day of study!

Here is a picture of me working on the painting I've just finished on Lee and Joyce's wall... while it was still lacking some things! That was a lot of fun! I've got another one to do when we get back from Laos.

See John's bandaids? He just got over a case of boils and last night I discovered that it's Christy's turn next. :(  Please pray that she will get over them with out any more trouble! She cried like her heart would break when I squeezed them out last night. I know it has to be extremely painful! This morning she seemed like she had a grudge against me till finally I wondered if she was upset about me hurting her last night and so I sat down and talked with her and told her I was very sorry I had had to hurt her and that I didn't want to. Then she kissed me and was okay again. It's almost surprising sometimes how much she seems to understand!