The Tuininga Family Adventures

Saturday, July 7, 2012

At the Lake in Georgia...

We just finished a week at the lake with my family. Here are some memories...

My dad did a science show for us, including breaking a raquet ball frozen by liquid nitrogen...

We also shot off fire works

...and watched rich neighbors across the water shoot theirs off.

And celebrated Matthew's birthday! Happy 9th birthday, Matthew!

A day with part of the Georgia cousins...

We spent a week in Georgia. One of the days that we were there, we spent with my brother and his precious family.

This is baby Mercy, all cozy with her mommy. Isn't she precious?

They had planned all sorts of fun activities for us...like making t-shirts

and shooting guns...

and decorating cup-cakes...

We also met them at church for evening service.

Isn't my little niece a doll?

My other brother came to church too, so here are ALL the cousins on my side. A whole lot of blessing from the Lord is pictured here!! :)

Back up on the mountain...

We haven't been on wi-fi for a while, so these pictures are a bit of a "catch up."

We spent an afternoon up at Covenant, showing the kids around. It was a very hot day. The south started to have a heat wave right as we crossed the Mason-Dixon line. Our last two days in Salem were upper 70s/lower 80s, and then we drove straight into 105 and humid!! Yuck!

The kids loved looking at the display outside of the biology department.

And climbing on the rocks...

Isn't she yummy? :)

Sunday, July 1, 2012

North Dakota to Indiana

We are now in Georgia...here are a few pictures from along the way...

We stayed with friends in N. Dakota who have 12 kids. Even though there were 20 kids and 4 adults in one house, we all agreed it just felt like two families visiting....

We've spent time looking cute... (and getting our first teeth!)

And playing chess...

And celebrating a birthday... (much to Rebecca's delight...still special days in the midst of chaos... :)

And meeting "sort-of" new friends...

Pen-pals to be exact...

And old friends that we've missed dearly since they moved from Oregon...

And having sword fights...

And becoming a smiling dead person...slain by one's father....

And looking cool in bright colors...

And sleeping the miles away...lots of them...5,000 or so and counting...

Prayer Requests

::That we will be so filled with the Spirit so that we become "unstoppable" in the building of Christ's kingdom here in Uganda.

::Good health for all of us and particularly for Dianna's struggles with Primary Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison's disease), Rheumatoid Arthritis and the fatigue/daily struggles that come with chronic illness.

::For KTC: Pray for Eric's teaching to be effective and to be a blessing to the local churches. Pray that God will provide financially for the students of KTC, so that even while they forgo work in order to attend, they will still be able to provide for their families.

::Pray for our church in Mbale. Pray that God will continue to bless her with strong spiritual growth. Pray for the ladies' Bible study on Friday afternoons and the men's Bible study on Saturday morning.

::Pray for our outreach to the youth. Pray that our church's youth would grow in wisdom and be filled with the Holy Spirit so that they would resist the temptations of the world and be lights in the darkness. Pray for the weekly programs for the youth: Friday morning breakfast club for primary students, Wednesday evening supper and Bible study for secondary students, Thursday open compound and Sunday open compound & circle time.

::Pray that our team's diaconal projects in Mbale would be blessed and be used to show great mercy to the people here. Currently, that includes medical treatment at a local clinic (pray for continuing funds and good accountability), and a monthly stipend to the deacons at each of our village churches so they can learn to meet their own diaconal needs (pray that God would continue to provide the resources for this and that the deacons would have wisdom in distributing the funds).

::Pray for education for the youth. Some of our village churches are operating primary schools--pray that the students will receive a solid Christian education. Pray also for the students that attend our church in Mbale to have the school fees they need to be able to attend school and that the students would be diligent to study hard.

::Pray for the pastors of the 10 churches in our presbytery that we work with. Pray that God will bless them with much Holy Spirit power to do their work to the glory of God.

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