I've started and stopped on a few posts, check my reader daily for other blogs I enjoy, but this white page just seemed daunting and the words seem few, far between and rather insignificant.
I'm still feeling a little stuck so let's hit some highlights and call it a year.
May 2015 - we took a very, very quick trip down to Belize and met some new friends/missionaries who serve there and whose church is entertaining the idea of hosting foreign mission teams in the future. The missionaries also serve as National Coordinators for Operation Christmas Child in Belize. #itsasmallworld #loveOCC
June 2015 - Bowen is 5! We celebrate with shark party, inflatable water slide and party at Breezy's.
August 2015 - Hayley turns 7. We celebrate with a "candy shop" swim party at Mischa's house - Mischa has some weird gastro-thing going on and is in the hospital for the days leading up to, through and after the party.
July/August - Hayley starts 2nd grade - we are homeschooling. (didn't I write a little about that?). Bowen starts Kindergarten - has the same teacher that Hayley and all 3 of the Williams boys had in K.
October - Bluffton Bicentennial month - our town turned 200! We served as organizers for the event, coordinating all the different aspects and people in charge of them.
November - OCC month - our church gathered and packed over 135 boxes - dropped off a total of 185 at OCC Processing Center.
December - received invitation to return to Belize to be part of January OCC distribution week. Decide to go. Invite Breezy for her first international trip. She's in.
Locally, this month has been one of what seems to be inordinately large amounts of death to families - both expected and unexpected. The weather has been crazy weird so it doesn't even feel like it should be Christmas time.
Over and over again God opens my eyes to appreciate our busy, but pretty non-eventful in negative way, life. We have had a year of good health, wonderful opportunities and seen church growth and excitement at BBC. We are making new friends in our community - the girls are both excelling and enjoying school, there are so many things that are just ordinary about our life - and that makes it extra-ordinary. For that, I am grateful.
