The Path Ahead...

We've been home for a week now but honestly, Ethiopia seems like a very long time ago.  Much more than a week.  Its been an interesting week to say the least.  Last Sunday we celebrated my grandparents' 60th Wedding anniversary then made it home after 10 days by Sunday evening.  It felt great to be home and in our own bed!  Wes had to work all week and on Tuesday I went to go help cook at Rodeo Bible Camp.  It was so much fun sharing the pictures and our story with my incredible friends in Christ there.  Kaleb's fan club seems to grow by the day :)  Wednesday morning while sitting in the cook shack our good family friend Rod came in and told Mom and I that Dad had been in an accident and was at the local hospital.  So, off we went.  As we like to say- "it's all fixable".  At the hospital we discovered that he had wrecked his 4-wheeler while helping move cows.  It flipped over on top of him however, he was able to crawl out from under it himself.  Thankfully, he was working with other guys that day.  So many days Dad is out in the field or pasture alone.  They got him into the pickup and off they went for the hospital.  He completely broke his collar bone (even though the P.A. in Philip repeatedly said it absolutely was NOT broken??)  and completely broke his upper arm.  Surgery, lots of pins, screws, a rod, a plate and 3 days in the hospital later and he's put back together and doing better.  There are so many ways in which God protected him from anything worse and we are so very grateful!  So, a lot of the week was spent helping with that stuff.  It definitely proved to be a distraction from the wait for a MOWA letter, that's for sure!! 
MOWA letters...please continue to pray for the individuals writing the MOWA letters.  With the court closure dates here, there is a lot of uncertainty as to when/if court cases will be approved if the MOWA letters get there after court has closed.  There are lots of rumors but we know the truth.  God knows how it will all play out.  He's set the plans ahead and we've just got to see what lies ahead.  At this point, we 'think' we will travel again sometime in the fall.  Maybe October-ish or November-ish.  Seems like a long time to go but, August is flying past us and that just leaves September in the middle of it all.  In the meantime, we'll just keep praying  for the MOWA workers and that Dad gets to feeling better soon as well.