Our family just returned from a wonderful, relaxing, yet exhausting week at family church camp - which we call reunion. We went to our church's campground called Guthrie Grove - which is North of Guthrie Center, IA.
As usual, we celebrated Brian's birthday while there. July 16 normally falls during reunion. We had a little birthday party for him, complete with gifts, decorations and even his favorite chocolate mint brownies. Our cabin neighbors were thankful that we shared with them! One of Brian's gifts was a 26.2 magnetic bumper sticker to proudly display on his car. He's planning on running two more marathons this year which will bring him up to 10! Most impressive, I think. Brian ran with a great group of guys each morning before the day's activities began. We think this is where he obtained all of his "insider" information.
The girls loved swimming every afternoon and had great kid's classes each morning. Brian and I took a wonderful class on Witnessing Ministry from Jim Trinkle (who is from Knoxville, IA). We are anxious to put some of these ideas to work in ourown ministry.
Mariah, Carlyn & I also learned how to knit this week - which is nothing short of astonishing! I made a stocking hat... that will be sent to orphans in Afghanistan. The girls and I plan to continue knitting... not sure who will be the lucky recipients - but we really had fun learning!
Just a few weeks of summer left before school starts, now. We have so many fun things to cram in! Camping, the State Fair, visiting friends that we haven't seen in a while... and so much more! We hope that your summer is going well. Drop us a line ANYTIME! We love to hear from you!
Blessings,
The Mann's
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