Last week in June

Monday: Fritzlin questioned why he had to wear a mask during a visit to the hospital for some testing....as he's not sick.

He did fine and enjoyed getting candy and a toy from the treasure box.

Anna's trip to town later in the day resulted in her driving permit!

Tuesday afternoon we visited with friends from Haiti.

Thank you Bruce and Amy for hosting!
Anna learned that her first college roommate is from Cameroon.

Wednesday afternoon we hosted Fritzlin's second foster family.

 The kids enjoyed playing and talking-they've all grown since their last visit. So thankful that the Lord arranged for Fritz's first two foster families who cared for him for over 4 years to live in Michigan so we can visit easier.

Thursday we focused on school, office work, some reading for fun and I [Kris] started my yearly unit of continuing medical education requirements.

Friday (yesterday) both Anna and Fritzlin received good check-ups from the dentist, and then checked out library books.

We met up and visited with Dr. Steve, over ice cream, to introduce him to Fritzlin as he helped us with our adoption paperwork.

We also spent time discussing agriculture in Haiti as Dr. Steve is the founder and director of Starfysh. They run the Life Gardens and moringa leaf powder production on LaGonave.

We returned home to enjoy pizza with my folks, part of my brother's family, and Eli.

Eli returned from spending a week at IWU helping with the Global Partner's missionary kids who's parents were attending Requip training last week.

Hanging out with family, "just because" is one of my favorite things in life.

Watching the love shared by listening to stories, laughing at teasing, or smiling at my brother wrestling with Fritzlin are memories that we cherish.

Today we will hang out with family and attend a friend's open house.

Tomorrow we plan to visit Refuge Ministries here close to Allegan.

Week in Michigan...Cory heading back.

First full week in Michigan.

Monday: Cory and Anna went shopping, while Fritzlin and I unpacked and started back to school.

Tuesday: School, office work, organization. We also visited the local library.

Wednesday: My first 'zoom' leadership meeting on line: two locations in the USA and two in Haiti.

Thursday: EXCITING!! We loaded up in the truck and headed to Calvin to move Eli back to Allegan for the summer. A bit of shopping before and afterward rounded out our day. We enjoyed tacos and ice cream to celebrate being back together again.

Friday:  We headed, once again, out to check out Eli's suit, custom made due to his tall, thin frame. Cory bought a phone-so we hope to connect daily during Cory's trip to Haiti. We returned to Allegan and spent some time with a niece and nephew.

Saturday: Cleaning, packing, preparing for our Sunday sharing time, sorting through items and getting everyone's space worked out.

Sunday: We headed to Kalamazoo to share at Lighthouse. We set up our table, shared a few minutes in both services, enjoyed hearing Global Partners teammates sharing about the work in Macedonia. We then shared in one of the adult Sunday school classes while Anna and Fritzlin headed to children's Sunday school. More family visiting in the afternoon and Fritzlin tried out a bike that Cory's folks brought him to use.

Monday: Cory is packed up and will leave soon for his first flight back to Haiti today. He plans to fly into Cap on Tuesday; spend a few days in the north before heading to Délice, and then on to LaGonave for the celebration of WISH's 50th. Due to his being gone and busy...no editing the blog before I post.