Overdue

     The delay in posting about our Mundelein students visiting, is not without reason. The main reason was to sigh a heavy sigh that we survived the summer. The other reason is, I have a disappointingly low number of photos. I was so busy living in the moment, and soaking up every second I could with these teens I love more than words could ever express.
    There aren't nearly as many shocking before and after photos, because so much of what was done, was to clean up and make the church workable for now. Plus,we needed some time to breathe. It's been such a whirlwind of a summer, that we had to play catch up on boring things like organizing receipts, and calling insurance companies. We also just needed some time to put our feet up for a couple days, before the next whirlwind started.
      Spending time with our teens from Mundelein was invaluable to us. It was a week of mixed emotions, as we watched them enjoy our new home, and got to admire how tall everyone has gotten in the 2 months since we left, we also knew we'd have to say goodbye again. We also had our first real issue of the week with one of our girls breaking her leg while adventuring at the beach. It broke our hearts to sit with her in the ER and watch her go through so much pain. It really is an emotional thing to want to help someone so much, and be very limited in what you can do. We are so grateful that she had an awesome Dr. and nurse, who took great care of her, and she is on the mend.
     There were lots of laughs, lots of stories, and lots of work done. Here are a few pictures that I managed to snap in the midst of basking in the moments I shared with people so precious to my heart.

Remember our hideous office room? It's completed now! Our first completed room in the house!
 Mac found his beloved friend, Classic, in the boxes we unpacked during the week
 This room looks much less dungeon like with paint on the walls! Once the ceiling is replaced, this room will also be completed. The last classroom at the church that needs to be finished.
 While organizing the books, a super nerd bookcase was created, this is a glimpse of that.


I have yet to take a picture of the entire garage sale pile organized, but I did manage to take a picture of this awesome find of the week.
 Every mission trip team's favorite place to go, Dairy Belle!
 Sable wanted her new friends to stay forever

      I'm sorry for the lack of pictures, but I do think it's important to live in the moment sometimes instead of behind a camera (or phone). I tried to do that. I'm so blessed to call these students mine, and I'm so grateful that we got to end our summer trips on such a high note! Now it's time to hit the ground running as school starts this week here in Hammond. Goodbye summer of 2014! You were awesome! Now on to fall 2014, I foresee the outflow of blessings to continue.

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