It's that time again!

ROLL TIDE

summer update!

Well things have been pretty good down south. Since Disney, things have been kinda crazy. We had a few weeks of rest but soon we would be entertaining family for a few weeks. We took a few trips to the beach and Alex just had class as usual. BTW, he only has 1 more week left! For a quick update, we plan on being back in Birmingham August 28 through September 22.

Ok, so my mom and Uncle Andy man came to visit us for a week and we had a great time. We went to the zoo, the beach, Mexico for the day and lots of other fun stuff. 3 days before mom left (Andy had planned on staying for another 1½ weeks!) we found out that there was a tropical storm due to hit us later in the week. We prepared somewhat for the storm. I went to the store 2 nights before the storm and it was crazy. It was like I was in Alabama the night before it “might snow”! I bought what staples I could get. They had no water or paper plates, but plenty of junk food and Dr. Pepper for Alex and Andy.

The tropical storm ended up turning into a category 2 hurricane. It hit Los Fresnos hard, but we were grateful that we did not have any bad damage. We had a good bit of water in our apartment, but we have all tile so it was not too bad! We were also happy to have a generator that we (along with other families) took turns using. We did not loose anything in the refrigerator or freezer! We were out of power for almost 2 days, so not bad at all!

Our hurricane boards. We only had to board the bedroom window.

We had to sandbag the school-we should have sandbagged but didn't!

AFTER THE STORM!

This was the main hwy (HWY 100)!

Of course Alex HAD to drive through. I was sooo nervous!

This is the windshield! WITH THE WIPERS GOING!



Alex's parents were due in on Friday but the airport did not open back up till Sunday so they came to a crazy mess. We had a great time with them as well. For the most part we did the same stuff with them that we did with my mom but we also went to an awesome water park! I'll post those pics in a few days.










Well that about sums up our summer. We have enjoyed Texas so much that we plan on staying here till next September! We will be coming back here after our visit home in a few weeks. We will be helping TETM get ready for a conference they are holding in Austin in October. Check it out!- toeverytribe.com
We should be home for the Christmas holidays and then back here to Texas. We will be spending the next year raising support, building our PNG team and helping where we are needed at the school. Please pray that we will have wisdom in all that we do over the next year!
Thanks again for all you do! We love you all!!!