Latest Happenings

Last Wednesday we stopped by the fair (some of us girls had been judges the weekend before)to see all the animals and say hi to some friends.






Now thats one BIG turtle!


Aww! Cute little goat!


Safari animals


The famous little piggy races! I remember watching those when I was very little!


Thursday was another Softball game. The games are getting more exciting as we go, God is keeping us humble, and blessing our efforts by letting us win every one!


Go Josh!!


This little friendly guy was found at the baseball field.


Friday afternoon we headed over to Aunty Carmen and Uncle Tim's to have dinner with them and Grandpa and Grandma who had just flown in from Florida the day before.



It was good to see them and hope to be able to spend more time together throughout their stay here.


Pretty roses


The soon to be birthday girls!


Josiah's hot dog...lovely isn't it? =p

...More pictures to come! This week is sure to be full of them!

Update from John

Dear Friends and Family,
The Lord has taught me many things over the last three months and I continue to grow and mature through his leadings. This last week here in Korea was one of mighty ups and downs emotionally and mentally but I believe God is using all this to make me a better man.

So that said I have some good news and some bad news for all of you back in the homeland.

First the good news. God was gracious and I have succesfully passed all 5 of my initial CLEP tests. Thank you to all of you for your prayers for that. It was really encouaging how God worked out the testing schedule despite initial difficulties and then gave me the mental capacity to pass all the tests.

Now for the Bad news. After much prayer and seeking advice and counsel from loved ones I have decided per my bosses request to remain here in S. Korea for an additional 3 months. My new home date is not finalized yet but will be some time mid October. I will deeply miss the opportunities to see all of you as we had planned but will try to merely delay those plans and still visit with you all in October. My main duties as before will be program development as before but also at least for the rest of July I will be teaching 4 days a week both a online class with some 6 grade students and also my teaching duties with the kindergarten class have been increased to 4 days instead of 1. I will be continuing taking CLEP tests and aquiring my degree. Hopefully I will be able to get around a little more now that I am a little more used to things here.

My best wishes to all of you and I will try to do a little better job with updates over the next three months.
Take care and God bless you all.

Sincerely
John Sauve

Farm sittin'

A few weeks ago we were asked to "farm sit" for the couple who we get eggs from. It was a fun experience and made us even more anxious to have our own chickens some day!




Inside the chicken coop.






Farmer boy and the chicken


An ivy covered window in the barn


This little guy was not very happy with us being there, but was brave enough to come out on the rocks and yell at us!


The beautiful Perennial garden




Faith with one of the fancy chickens


This little lady wanted to explore the farm and not stay in her pen! We finally got her headed in the right direction, though not quite at the right level. She is sitting on the coop roof in this picture.

The 4th of July...this year

This year the 4th was a little different. Though we did stay busy with participating in the Independence day celebration at the courthouse and watching the Hadley parade, we did not have family over for our usual 4th of July/birthday celebration for Faith, but instead enjoyed a train ride (on a 1/8 scale) with our friend Mr. Reiche and a cookout dinner with him and our longtime friend Vicki! In the evening we headed into town to find a good spot to watch some fireworks and even though we had to move to a better spot in the middle of the show, we were still able to see most of the spectacular display!

Anyways...we did so much and of course I took so many pictures and I can't share them all so here are just some bits and pieces from our very full, yet enjoyable 4th of July! ~Grace


Thursday evening we all went and enjoyed the LCO concert on the courthouse lawn!


This cute little boy really got into the music, marching and clapping his hands.




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Independence day morning....

Parades, Birthdays and Trains

Campaigning friends

Lots of Tractors!

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The birthday girl!!

Faith's most favorite birthday gift!

Faith received a butterfly net for her birthday a couple years ago...she got another one this year because the other one is now catching frogs and pond scum!

Dessert= Strawberry Rhubarb crisp, blueberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream...and chocolate sauce!! Yummm!

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At the Railroad

Walking the tracks

Mr. Reiche showed us how to get the trains out of the round house with the use of this nifty turn table

Waiting to begin

All Aboard!

A happy train rider

Riding over the pond

Faith got to drive too!

Afterward we got a chance to feed the gold fish.

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Dad grills up the burgers

Baby enjoys the dappled sunlight in the front yard

Sunset before the fireworks

This last picture was taken in our backyard. (sshhhh!) =p