Summertime

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Conversations online with Sudanese brothers are going... okay. I will most likely not visit Sudan during my September trip but may reconsider if I am able to get the multiple exit/re-entry visa. Please pray for this. It is still not clear whether or not Israel will be open to individual tourists by September. Pray that I would be able to visit friends there in Nazareth like this couple, as well as wisdom whether or not to pursue developing relationships in nearby Irbid, which is Jordan's second-largest metro area.

We are grateful that a friend allowed us to use his lakehouse at Rough River last week for a couple of days. All 8 of our kids were there. Kendra and Trent are busy with their photography business. This will be Sam's last year of running while completing grad school. Anna will graduate from college next summer. Max just got promoted to a supervisor position at UPS. Heidi soon begins her last year of high school online and is working at Wal-Mart. My wife and I prayed for summer jobs for Petra (15) and Henry (14) and God provided! Nehemiah (12) is playing on a homeschool soccer team. The three youngest are all attending a classical school three days a week and running for the Homeschool Tommies cross-country team. My wife will move from being a 4th-grade assistant to teaching KG this year. Lots of swimming at grandparents, cornhole, basketball, fishing, and watching Little House on the Praire this summer.