MOM'S GROUP

THE STAFF MOMS AT VCS GET TOGETHER AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH FOR FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP. I WAS ABLE TO HOST THIS MONTH'S FELLOWSHIP TIME AND IT WAS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME TO HAVE THEM ALL COME OVER. THESE ARE THE LADIES THAT I SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH! THOSE OF US THAT HAVE YOUNGER KIDS LOVE TO GO TO EACH OTHERS HOUSES MORE OFTEN AND LET THE KIDS GET SOME ENERGY OUT! BUT I'VE BEGUN TO FORM A BOND WITH EACH MOM AND I LOVE GETTING TO KNOW THEM AND WORK ALONGSIDE THEM AS WE MINISTER TO THE SCHOOL IN VARIOUS WAYS.

I GOT TO MAKE SOME YUMMY SCONES AND SERVE THEM WITH A FRUIT TRAY... :)

THIS IS THAD'S FRIEND REBECCA WHO ALSO CAME OVER THAT DAY. THEY ARE THE SAME AGE AND LOVE TO GIGGLE TOGETHER AND PLAY TILL THEY DROP. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR HIS LITTLE FRIEND AND HER FAMILY!

BIBLE STUDY

OUR 9TH GRADE BIBLE STUDY CAME OVER THURSDAY NIGHT AND WE SERVED THEM BIG PLATES OF NACHOS! AFTER NACHOS AND FELLOWSHIP, THOMAS WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDY IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL.

THEY WERE TONS OF FUN TO HANG OUT WITH AND THEY LOVED PLAYING SOCCER WITH THAD. WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS GROUP AND LOVE IT WHEN THEY COME OVER!

Here we are!

Here are my two boys, I love them so much!

Thad's new bedspread for his big boy bed. He loves sleeping in the twin bed and always reminds us that he has "big boy" sheets now. :)

Well, here's me and the little guy at some castle ruins we hiked up to. That's right, I hiked up a mountain at 6 months pregnant! This castle in Durnstein is right outside Vienna and provided a nice day trip out of the city.

Here's the new school video for VCS. It's updated for the 2006-2007 school year. Please take a few minutes to watch it and we hope you will be encouraged by what you hear and see in the halls of VCS. After clicking on the link they are three different videos to watch. Choose the first one on the mission of VCS to view the new video but enjoy watching the others if you choose.

http://www.viennachristianschool.org/media

Our First Home Bible Study

We were very excited to host our first Bible Study in our home for some of Thomas' students. We had about 7 kids total. The kids came over after school and we cooked some supper and got to spend some time with the kids just talking about different things. One of the coolest things was that we were able to speak with Rifat for quite a while. Rifat is a Muslim student from Bangladesh. He had several questions about life and especially about marriage and love. He comes from a family where his parent's marriage was arranged and so he was very interested in how we met and "decided" that we were in love. It was a special thing for us to recall our dating years and tell him about how God used all sorts of circumstances to bring us to each other.

The Bible study went really well. We are discussing the idea of an abundant life through a study of the book of Daniel. The kids are really interested in all of the History and prophecy that Thomas has been teaching them about.

We are really excited about this group. Please pray that this will be a study that would encourage these kids to live their lives in a way that makes them available to be used by God.