Enjoying the Outdoors!

The past few days have been rainy and chilly. From what we hear on the news, the average temperature for the month of June was 5 degrees colder than normal for this time of year (so much for Global Warming!). Today's temperature is 65 degrees and the sun came out for most of the afternoon. After working on prayer letters and some French, I joined the kids outside in the yard and we played basketball, picked field-strawberries, and Kami challenged Josh to a game of one-on-one basketball (Kami lost but was so excited she scored 6 points!).

We have a couple of doctor's appointments that we have scheduled on July 9th in Jackman, Maine. While in Jackman, we have planned a family camping trip. We found a wonderful campground with 4 "remote" tent sites. We are all excited about our "wilderness" camp-out and Josh is very excited to use his new flint & steel to start the camp fire. Beth is excited about helping set up the tent and Brenna is excited about the bears (okay.....she really doesn't like the idea of camping in the woods....she is scared to death of bears invading our camp!!!).

Tomorrow, Missionary John Gibson and his family will be with us at church for the evening services. They are missionaries to the Jews in New York City. He will be preaching in English with Pastor Roy translating the services. We are looking forward to the fellowship and service.

I Love to Preach!!!

Today (Sunday) I had the opportuntity to preach at Eglise Baptiste de la Vieille Capitale here in Quebec City. The Pastor here, Pastor Cote', was out of town for a marriage he was to perform in another city. He asked me to fill in for him while he was gone. I eagerly agreed and am so thankful for the opportunity to preach.

Kami and the girls were at our church in St. Augustin because she is the piano player for the month of July. Josh and I went to the services here in Quebec City (this is the same church that our family went on soul-winning/distribution with when we first came to Canada). It was a wonderful service and the singing was so wonderful as everyone sang from their hearts. The song leader was my interpreter and the Lord gave us a great service. Everyone gathered after the services and sang Happy Birthday in French to Joshua.

We had a wonderful day in the Lord and Pastor Roy preached a great message tonight on the "Critical Spirit vs The Thankful Spirit" (we are so thankful that he translates his messages for us as he preaches!). I am looking forward as we will have Missionary John Gibson and his family with us on Wednesday evening. Pastor Roy has also asked me to preach next Sunday evening and I am excited for the upcoming opportunity. We just want to praise the Lord!!!

Silas is a Daddy's Boy!!!

Kami has put in a lot of time in trying to get Silas to say, "Ma-Ma". She even enlisted the ladies at church who work in the nursery in her quest for those words, "Ma-Ma". One of the ladies at church had nursery duties about a week ago and she told Kami that she kept repeating "Ma-Ma" to Silas during the services. She even encouraged Kami that with their best efforts, "Ma-Ma" would be his first words.

Each of our other 3 children have all said "Da-Da" for their first word. I would like to announce that Silas in the presence of all the members of our family, uttered those sweet words...not just once, nor twice, but all through the evening.......yes, he said "Da-Da". He is a Daddy's Boy!!!!!!!!!

A Mess of Fish!

After the evening services on Wednesday, our landlord (Mr. Dion) came by and gave us some fresh fish that he caught earlier that day at his fish camp. In all, there were about 10 nice size rainbow trout. We seasoned, fried, and devoured all of the fish for lunch on Thursday after my French classes. What a treat....if only I could get out and catch some myself!!!