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Our Time in PA

As most of you know, we have arrived back in the States for a six week home assignment. Our schedule, so far, looks something like this:

July 20-25 - Waynesboro, PA
July 25-26 - Wind Gap, PA
July 27-29 - Waynesboro, PA
July 29-August 5 - Willow Street, PA
August 5-17 - Waynesboro, PA
August 17- 28 - Willow Street, PA
August 28-30 - Waynesboro, PA

We look forward to seeing many of you over the next few weeks. If you want to touch base with us during the time that we are home, you can contact us at the following numbers:

Lee: 941-445-1406
Tina: 941-483-0319
Daniel: 941-451-1608

Difficult weekend . . .

For those of you who do not follow us on Facebook, we wanted to update you on some news that we have received this week that has been rather difficult for us to accept.

First of all, we recieved news from our field director, Rob Thompson, that his wife Becky has been diagnosed with breast cancer. They left Haiti for a three month furlough on June first and routine doctor appointments have revealed the cancer. They do not know all the details of Becky’s treatment plan, yet, but they do know enough to make the decision to postpone their return to Haiti at the end of August. We appreciate your prayers for the Thompson family over the coming months as they have many decisions to make and will face many changes. Also pray for the RMI staff; this was a hard reality for all of us to accept and everyone is still reeling from the news.

Then, Saturday we received a difficult phone call. Lee’s parents called with the news that our 23 year old nephew, Kody Kutzler, passed from this life very suddenly. We would appreciate your prayers for the entire family as we grieve the loss of this very special young man. His funeral service will be held on Thursday evening.

On a much lighter note, one of Isaac’s caterpillars changed into its pupal stage on Saturday. The other three caterpillars died, but we will see what comes of this one in the weeks to come. To give you an idea of its size, Isaac reluctantly placed his thumb next to it.

One Down . . .

We were feeling accomplished yesterday, we woke up to one rat in the “humane” trap, which meant that Lee and the boys needed to take care of finishing him off. Isaac was happy to show him off for the camera. Literally, a drowned rat . . . .

On a very different note, Lee met a young man when he was out with a team several months ago who had created an incredible helicopter toy with some recyclables that he found (the propellers even spin when the motor is connected to a battery). This week, one of our translators went out to find that young man because someone from the sister church in the States wants to sponsor him since he wasn’t able to afford school. Lee told the translator before he set out to find him, to ask the young man if he would be willing to make Lee a helicopter and sell it to him. Following is a picture of Lee, his little friend, and the new helicopter that he brought home from a visit with him yesterday.