shukraan

that is how you say thank you in arabic...

last monday, the 30th of july, i went and picked up amer and nimer (the guys from jordan that i work with), and we met up with ruth and patrice for dinner, and then we left the restaurant and headed to patrice's house, and ruth got out some of the things she'd taken home from jordan and we all stayed up really late and ended up sleeping over, which was pretty fun...i took lots of pictures, and had my own picture taken a bit...everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, and the boys really felt comfortable...ruth and patrice are amazing hostesses (ruth must get that from her mom) and i just felt very blessed to be part of it all...

tuesday the 31st marked 12 years since the loss of my father...i remembered him a bit, and that was nice...i miss him more as an adult, i think...

after that, i breezed through a few quick days at work (wednesday, thursday & friday) ...after work friday, i took off to enfield,nh...i spent friday and saturday night sleeping in a tent on the farm, becuase it was family reunion weekend!!...there was breakfast on the farm sunday morning, a folk show in cambridge, mass with my cousin JJ sunday evening, and then back to enfield, nh...this time i spelt at my aunt's house, in a bed, which was much better than the hard ground!!...i got up earlier than i wanted to and mostly puttered around, then i headed down to keene, nh...i saw peg & ken and met a new friend, brenda, who is currently staying with ken & peg...

it was good to see then again, it had been quite a long time...peg & ken moved to the west coast six years ago, and i had only seen them twice, i think, since they moved out there...(i'm trying to remember if kenny & katie got married before or after ken & peg moved out to washington, because i know they were tehre for that...and i also know that they did come back one time when they sold their house in keene...)

anyways, it had been a while since i'd really seen them and it was good to be there...

i haven't been to church all summer, really, and being loved on by peg was something that i had desperately needed...i'm really glad i went...

she shared some things with me and told me to consider some things and be praying about them, and i have been...i guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens next...

monday night i spent the night in enfield again, after leaving keene...tuesday (yesterday) i came home and unpacked and went to bed and then it was back to work today...

my four days of summer vacation flew by way too quickly...but, i guess that's what happens when you're enjoying yourself so much...

and now, it's time for bed again...it's almost 10:00 and i'm really in need of rest and sleep...

have a happy week, everyone...
-ramona anne