HAPPY BIRTHDAY POLLY!!

Today is Polly's birthday. The big 0-3! We love having her as a part of our life and can't imagine life without her...although we would have a lot more room in our bed and less Frosty Paws in the freezer! For those of you without dogs, Frosty Paws is ice cream for dogs. Happy Birthday Polly!



Polly LOVES Frosty Paws!

Videos from Dinner with the Gainors

For those of you who have ever downloaded videos to your BLOG, you will appreciate! WOW!

Dinner with the Gainors

On Thursday night, the Gainors stopped by for dinner. We are sure glad they are back in the States and we were able to visit with them. The Gainors lived in Slovakia for 2 years. You may remember that Mike and I visited them in November. They are moving to Bluffton, SC to work with Crosspoint Church to plant churches in the Bluffton/Hilton Head area. Here are a few pictures.

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Cool Passage

I came across this on the September 17 devotion in Streams in the Desert which is a daily devotional book.

1 Samuel 3:18 “It is the Lord: let Him do what seemeth Him good.”

Nothing else but seeing God in everything will make us loving and patient with those who annoy and trouble us. They will be to us then only instruments for accomplishing His tender and wise purposes towards us, and we shall even find ourselves at last inwardly thanking them for the blessings they bring us. Nothing else will completely put an end to all murmuring or rebelling thoughts. – H.W. Smith

This reminds me of the verses in James 1:2-4. "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith develops perserverance. Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

Catch up Time

Nothing really new to report but I see that it has been 2 weeks since the last post and I hate it when I keep checking people's blogs and they haven't updated theirs!

Mike is back in school and working on Saturdays with NCSU Forestry at the university owned forests. This is a work/study program so he gets to use his forestry skills and prepare for future work. He is looking forward to graduating next year.

Miriam is back in the ladies Monday night Bible study at church and doing Beth Moore's study of Daniel. (It is really good!)

This past weekend, we got together with Mike's family and had a good time in GREAT weather! I love these Fall days when it is in the 70s during the day and 50s at night.

The Miller family has had a few birthdays recently:
David started it out on the 4th, followed by Dad on the 11th, and then Bec on the 16th.

Happy Birthday!!

Last Summer Beach Trip

On our way home from Athens, we decided to go to the beach. We spent the night in Wilmington and had dinner downtown at the Brewery. On Monday, we packed up and headed to Topsail Island for some fun in the sun! Polly stayed over at friends house for the weekend and was glad to see us when we picked her up on Monday evening. Here are a few pictures from the beach.

Fun Weekend with Old Friends

This weekend we went down to Athens, GA to visit with Miriam's friends from SWAT. We had a reunion of sorts with SWAT leaders from the past 15 years. We were able to hang out and catch up and watch a lot of football. We were able to watch the GA game on the big screen with some friends at Jon's house.

View of downstairs - watching the games

Miriam and Jon

Joanna and Lori having lunch in the "eagles nest"

The 1st football weekend proved to be a great one!


WAR EAGLE!!

Go Tar Heels!

...and how about those Appalachian Mountaineers?!?