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Well, “Manic May” is upon us once again – traditionally our busiest month of the year. And this year is not disappointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don’t want a long litany of what’s happening, but I’ll give you a quick overview of some things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our institute classes are up and running for another semester. This time around it’s church history! So I’ve been making visuals for each week. I’m almost up to the year 600, so that’s certainly progress. Here’s a little segment from the timeline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also have a couple of sermons coming up which I’m preparing for. One of them is a continuation of our journey through Exodus, which I’m enjoying very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re hoping to get the church leaders together for a mini afternoon\/evening retreat soon, so I’m getting ready for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a family note, Hannah just celebrated a birthday (Happy Birthday!) and we were able to spend a little time with her and some others in the family virtually. And Nathanael has a birthday coming up – so we’re getting ready for that. I think a cake is being created, among other things!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some official\/paperwork things that will need to be dealt with over the summer, so that’s happening. And we’re getting some other plans together for the summer, which I’ll be announcing in our next newsletter. Which I’m also working on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s nice to take the time to check out the flowers, many of which are popping up as a little bit of rain starts here and there. It’s really still dry season, but the clouds give it a try once in a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nathanael is frantically trying to finish up his grade 11 year. He had another exam today, with more to come. Less than four weeks until he’s done – we hope!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recently celebrated Mother’s Day at our church, so here are some of our mothers…. click for a larger image:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So anyway, lots happening! At the moment we’re just hanging on for dear life, but I wanted to at least stop by and give you a quick update.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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