Missions Trip!

As some of you know, I will be headed on a missions trip in February. I have composed a letter that I will be mailing to friends/ family that explains it in more detail than this short post!

Lifest

Kathy and I recently attended Lifest in Oshkosh with some of our youth group. Lifest is a huge music festival (5 days). There are all sorts of bands that come, from "tame" Casting Crowns" to the more "invigorating" Skillet. Other bands that came were Newsboys, Switchfoot, Superchic(k), Lost and Found, August Burns Red, Seventh Day Slumber and many others that I can't remember! A lot of the bands were quite good and a few were quite poor. A few bands had great messages in between the songs... There also were some great speakers! I had the youth go to morning, afternoon, and evening seminars... I believe that they learned some things, as did I!
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I'm not much into music (being a bit of a sports follower, as you may have surmised), but Lifest was really great!

We tented the whole time, and I grilled a bunch of food... We had two colossal storms go through, but God spared our tent sites!

All-in-all I had a great time and would do it again!

June

June went by really quickly!

I helped a friend roof his house (28 square in 2 days!)
I stained the deck/ Josiah's fort.
Had a big b-day party.
Did a lot of other stuff.

May!

Nothing like posting a month late...

Our garage sale went off without a hitch...
I finished siding the East side of our house...
The squirrel is gone...
Esther has dispatched a few squirrels and groundhogs...
We (the family) go for a lot of walks...
Josiah got a new glove and enjoys wiffle ball very much.
Jacob has become quite a walker and only cries when he has to come inside!
Work went well (both jobs)