4th Of July Get Together

Tony being funny

Mechems

Coopers

Kyle playing football

Renn and Kyle playing football

Rachel & Renn

Russells and Mechems

Sparkler Time




Waiting to watch the fireworks

Because we live on a hill and you can see the city and the fireworks for a distance and because we love to have people over we decided to have a get together at our place. The weather was a little bit questionable and I started to get upset about it but then I got the idea to move the tables to the garage. The rain held off and from about 4pm on we had about 53 people at our house. Some came and went and some stayed the whole time. Most of those that came were from our church. We have some pastor friends that live in Panora, Kelly and Krista, and they came and visited for a while. My cousin Sigrid and Tony were also passing through DM on their way to PA so they stayed for the day too. It was a great time of fellowship and food. Towards evening the kids had sparklers (all other fireworks are illegal here). We gathered on top of the lawn about 9pm and watched them going off all over the city. So thankful the Lord blessed us with such a beautiful view and a wonderful house to be able to do this!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Wishing everyone a wonderful and safe 4th of July!!

My New Boot

Well, last night I went and did it. The 1st and 2nd grade girls that I teach on Wednesday nights and I went outside for a little bit last night. The back of the church is a big hill that most of the children love to run down. I was standing at the bottom of the hill and went to turn around to tell the girls it was time to go in. As I did that I lost my footing and my ankle went under and I heard this "pop". I got one of the girls to run into the foyer and tell someone I had fallen. Help arrived and we made our way to Kevin's office. My ankle was swelling by the minute so Kevin decided to take me to Urgent Care. Dr. did and X Ray and didn't see any broken bones however they were sending it to radiology because of some concerns from a break I had years earlier. Anyway, it's a bad sprain so I have to wear this boot at least until Monday. Here's a good laugh for you too: The girls and I just started a new lesson. It was on SAFETY!

Mom's in the Park

What a great Mom's in the Park we had. Go to www.bereanzoomzone.blogspot.com to see all the pics!

A Time For Family

Last night around midnight we got a call about one of our kids from church. Kyle is his name and he's 10 years old. Kyle has asthma and was having trouble breathing. He used his inhaler and that wasn't working so his mom, Kim, got the breathing machine and tried to use that. Pretty soon it was evident that that wasn't working and pretty soon Kim was on the phone dialing 911. By the time the paramedics got there Kyle was in full cardiac arrest. Kevin jetted out of the house and spent all night at the hospital with Kyle and his family. I'm not just talking his mom, dad and grandparents. I'm talking aunts, uncles, cousins, 2nd cousins, etc. When I went up to the hospital today as I walked into the lobby of the floor he was on there was a massive group of people. As I stood there waiting for Kevin it dawned on me that all these people were somehow related to Kyle. What an incredible sight to see all these people waiting to hear how Kyle was. This family, doesn't matter who it is within the family, will gather at the hospital at any time for any family member. I've seen this happen before with this family but with a totally different family member. What a blessing to see this. Not only did Kyle have his blood family but he had his church family as well.
Kyle you ask? He's responded to his dad by squeezing his hand and opening his eyes for his mom. Doctors were too do an MRI tonight to see if there was any brain damage but we are believing for the best.
Kevin came home and rested a couple hours this afternoon and headed back up to be there for the MRI. If you know Kev, he'll be there all night again just to make sure Kyle's okay. I'll keep you posted on how he's doing so please keep him in your prayers.