The.Ram.

It's friday night, and I am sitting here writing while joseph is in the maintenance garage here at camp working on "the truck".  I am starting to understand what it means for a man to have a truck.  It is an amazing thing...he loves to tinker and fix that thing up.  My eyes are opening to a new world...new things that we can do, now that God has provided us with a truck!  So yes, the dodge is growing on me as well.  Muddy roads that used to make us leary to drive through now don't even make us think twice, as long as we are in the dodge.  Have some wood or large rocks that need to be moved?  We have a truck!  Hmm, well, now we can help family or friends move.  We can pull a trailer.  We can haul our bikes any where (without a bike rack) .  And i can throw my muddy rubber boots in back, and it doesn't even matter!  We have decided to use the truck as a work truck while at camp.  Joe can carry all of his tools in the back, which is very handy.  And while we are building so much around here, an extra truck is welcome.  *sigh*  so I guess its ok to have a truck.  Although, joe keeps threatening to put to large smoke stacks on the back, to fit in to the local fleet of pickups running around Morrow county.  I just grin and roll my eyes...he will never do it.  But he did re-install the hood ornament that had managed to fall off before he bought the truck...the dodge would not be complete without it!   So as a wife, I am learning what a special machine a truck can be, especially to my husband.  A man and his truck...now all we need is a puppy dog to jump in the back!

Ahhh, another windy ohio day!  It was mulching day for those of us in Outdoor Ed...fun stuff.  Hard work, but alas, we need the mulch for our projects!   As we were stepping out of the trailer to head off to work (in the 1986 Dodge Ram, might i add!) I noticed a large semi-trailer coming into camp.  That's funny, i wondered.  Well, that little truck had a load of mulch, just for us!  It was a little overwhelming viewing the large pile of chopped trees looming before us...but after a hard days work, we made much progress!  The ground is drying out now, after all of the snow and rain, and work is a bit easier.  

Joe and I are making meatballs tonight...one of his favorites!  And at 7:00 we have bible study with fellow friends and staff members here at camp.  This had become a one of our favorite times during the week.  God has been teaching us some great things about himself, and his word while we gather with fellow believers.  Usually we gather in the lobby of camp, where there are sofas, a fireplace (ok, its a gas fireplace, but still...) and a comfy feel.  We would host..but, ah, well lets just say we don't have enough room, hehe.  

This past weekend we traveled home to my parents house in Milford, IN.  It was a fun weekend, spent hanging out with the family.  Libby had a bridal shower on saturday, so Mom and I drove down to Anderson, IN to celebrate with the women of the church Libby and her fiance Gabe will be attending.  Gabe is a currently a youth pastor there, and Libby has befriended many people from the church already!  We had a wonderful time...and were reminded that there is only 46 days until their wedding!   Time flies...but we are very excited.  I think their wedding is going to be so much fun, very beautiful, and such a reflection of the love of the Lord.  

We took a trip to our storage unit yesterday and found the tikki torches we had been saving for some random day...so Joe brought them home and they now reside on either side of our concrete patio.  You could say that we a slightly excited about warmer weather and campground cookouts.  Joe says he is going to "grill-out" every night.  :)  The boys next door think this is a great idea and are all planning on what kinds of meat they will bring to the BBQ.  Problem: we don't have a grill.  But....we hope to find one this spring so we can hold up our end of the bargain.

The bikes came out of storage, too.  With such a large camp, bikes will be an essential tool of life.  I love riding my bike.  Oh!  The meatballs are done...i must go an finish the rest of dinner.  Joe is making a new recipe, which i can't look at until he is done preparing the masterpiece!  I think it has potatoes and peas in it.  yum...we shall see what the outcome is. 

Now in Ohio

Sorry to anyone (Liz Stambaugh) who has been faithfully looking at our site and are sadly disappointed every time.

Well Katie and I have resolved to keep up dating our site so that people can keep up on our  lives and see what God is doing next and what the next adventure He is taking us on.

The current adventure God has led us on is to Ohio to work at a camp call Heartland Conference and Retreat Center (www.heartlandretreat.com Check it out!).  We are helping start an outdoor environmental school which is similar to what we did in Michigan.

God has taught us a lot and taken us through a lot since we moved in November.  One thing God has been teaching us is to be thankful for how blessed we are and that we should not put stock on earthly treasure.   One way he has taught us this is by making us move all our stuff and making us realize how much STUFF we have and how we don't need it all and how materialistic we have been.  He also has humbled us by moving us to Morrow county and provided a trailer for is to live in. (for those of you who live near Morrow county you know what I mean.)  

Here is a picture of our lovely camper trailer and be sure to check out the camp web site.  

Keep checking back for more updates on our life and what God is doing.  I (Joe) am also working on starting my own site which will be an online journal for me to write thoughts, rants, vent, spiritual  insights, etc...  So look forward to that coming soon.