Catching Up: Numero Dos

We had a wonderful time in Mexico working with the City of Angels. Each day we got to put on a VBS with skits, singing, crafts, coloring, etc. It was a lot of fun leading the little ninos and ninas in singing and after the skit, I would take the guys helping out to the worksite where we got to help them as they build the new orphanage. Each night we got to play sports with the angels...all of that was fun and challenging as I took a spill the first night down concrete stairs and hurt my ribs. They still hurt somewhat right now over two weeks later but we still had a great time. Marcie and I got attached to Gustavo who you see us together with.

We also got to go snorkeling the last day there and floated above those in our group who were scuba diving. It was beautiful and we came within 25 feet of a 7 foot long shark. Just positioned myself between the shark and Marcie and prayed for the best. It was pretty awesome watching that shark swim and eventually swimming "away" from us. Looked over my shoulder a couple of times after that! Enjoy the pics and I'll make one more post after this...

Catching Up

We were very blessed to have our parents watch our Miller boys while we were gone to Mexico. My parents spoiled them with fun such as swimming at the YMCA, taking them to see Space Chimps, giving them good food, playing Uno Attack, doing devos with them at night, etc. Marcie's parents took advantage of the $650 we left Lee to build a fort. They made it go a long way as you can see below. The last pic is of the rope swing/slide he built for Grandparent's Camp this past weekend.

We love our parents and the boys really didn't miss us too much as they had a lot of fun without us! Thank you guys!!! More pictures are coming...

All is well in Cozumel!!

We are praising God this morning in Cozumel! As you know we had Dolly coming right at us with sustained winds of 50mph and gusts up to 80 mph. We are in sound concrete homes but the biggest problem would have been flooding and loss of power. I must say that in this heat and humidity, the air conditioning we have in the evenings is very refreshing and the streets just don't drain here. So...we prayed a lot yesterday as a group and praised God in worship last night for about 2 hours before we separated for the night. When we came back to the guys place one of the Dad's pulled up the radar to see what the storm was doing...we just laughed as the animation radar showed it had suddenly changed course and was going to miss us to the north. We are just getting some rain and had no winds at all! God is so good.

I just wanted to praise God this morning as I know all of you were covering us in prayer. We start our construction and V.B.S. this morning and have been able to spend some time already with the ninos and ninas...they are soooo cute! Marcie and I are really enjoying our time together as these teens love to praise God and are much more unselfish than I was at their age. We love you all and Mom and Dad...tell Easton, Isaac, Andrew, and Owen that we love them and their prayers are being answered every day as we are getting to be the hands and feet of Jesus to these little orphans. Thank you for watching our little angels at home. Blessings to you all...1 John 4:4, Ephesians 3:20-21!

Todd

Silver Dollar City

We had a great day at Steal Your Dollar City with Mom and Dad, Lee and Becky, and Nick's family. The weather was beautiful and even though it cost quite a bit for the day, it was well worth it. When you consider the money we saved in food for the 5 days we were there, it all balances out doesn't it? The boys had a great time and we were all impressed that Nana rode all the roller coasters and the huge Barn Swing!

We are leaving very early Saturday morning for Mexico and I'm so excited Marcie gets to go with me this time. Our parents are tag-teaming for the week with our boys as we get to minister to an orphanage in Cozumel, Mexico. The boys are excited to be with their "city" grandparents and "country" grandparents...as Easton calls them.

We are also very excited to let you all know Easton and Isaac will be getting baptized on July 31rst at "Grandparents Camp" in Arkansas. Their cousin Luke has also decided to give his life to Christ so looks like camp is going to be a little revival in the pond...come on in boys, the water's fine!! God is good as we have discussed this over the last year and they decided they are ready to be on God's team. Thank you for your prayers for our boys as God is moving in those little hearts! Enjoy the photos of S.D.C.

Missouri Trip II

Dad and I tried to play golf through some storms on Saturday morning as we literally had to dodge lightning and downpours throughout the 8 holes we played. We finally had enough and called it a day. The best part of that morning was breakfast at Cracker Barrell...I love being able to share what God's doing in our lives with you Dad and you not think we're crazy!!

Later that day we had the Brown's over and it dried out enough for the kids to play in the backyard and do a slip and slide in Mom and Dad's backyard...yes, Dad was o.k. with us ruining a patch of his beautiful lawn so the kids could have a muddy good time. Tibby showed off her muddy backside as she had fun with the boys. Mom and Dad put on a great "spread" of food for everyone that night. As you see below, the boys had to have a bath after running about 40 windsprints down the slip and slide. Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us hang with Cary and Tracy after the boys went down for the night!

Missouri Trip I

We had a great trip to see Mom and Dad, Grandma Stracke, the Fouts family, and some of our friends like Cary and Tracy Brown. We fit a lot in in the 4 to 5 days we were in Springfield and really enjoyed our time with family and friends. As usual, Mom and Dad were great hosts as we ate well and enjoyed a trip to see the show "Noah" in Branson. (Thanks for watching Owen Mom so we could more fully enjoy Noah!) We also made a trip to Steal Your Dollar City...but I'll do photos for that later on.

We're going to do a couple of entries of our trip to Missouri to cover our activities while we were there. We spent the first night at Nick and Renee's home as it's still hard to believe they ended up at East Sunshine! When we left their home the next morning, we unloaded our bags and took off to Branson with Papaw and were very impressed with the show.

Thanks again Mom and Dad for being the unselfish team for our family as the boys love going to see their "city" grandparents. Dad, it was special to do the Lord's Supper with you. Enjoy the pictures...

Welcome Eden Beth Fager to this world

On June 2nd, while I was at Nashville Work Camp, Marcie made the brave venture with the boys to Monroe, LA for the arrival of little Eden. Mom and baby are doing fine and the boys enjoyed holding their newest cousin. That makes 19 grandchildren (10 boys and 9 girls) with #20 coming in December (Hannah's). I know you guys think we rock your world when our four boys come to Nashville...you don't even know!! Here she is and our Missouri trip is coming soon....