Boston, New York, Orlando, Colorado

Boston

After the biggest winter in many years, springtime in Boston welcomed us for Aubrey’s graduation and we enjoyed celebrating with her.  She graduated with a Masters in Musicology and will be living at home this next year working, and preparing for and applying for another Masters or PhD program. We survived packing her up, and we capped off the trip with a Red Sox game in Fenway Park! It was a lot of fun!

New York

Luke left last week for his Athletes in Action summer project in Rochester, New York.  He is living with a host family and pitching for the Rochester Ridgemen.  They begin games this week and we look forward to listening to the games online at RochesterRidgemen.com.  Please pray that God would draw him to closer to Himself, and that the team outreaches would be a blessing to those they touch.

Orlando

Macy finished school last week and had to say goodbye to her best friend Sami, who moved to North Carolina.  It’s a sad thing for her and they were able to spend a day together at Disney and kayaking on the lake near our house.  

Colorado

But Macy is looking forward to Colorado!  This week Aubrey, Macy, Dayna and I make our way to Colorado for Cru’s Institute of Biblical Studies and our staff conference.  We'll be driving through Alabama to visit relatives, then on through Oklahoma to visit Dayna's parents' graves, then on up through southern Colorado.  It will be a journey, but we're looking forward to the classes focused on the Lord and His Word.

Thank you for your prayers for all of us this summer, and for your faithful partnership.    With much love and appreciation,

With lots of love and thanks,

Phyllis

A  highlight of Aubrey’s year in Boston was her landlady.  She is quite colorful and a true Bostonian.  Aubrey captured many of her quirky and funny interactions over the year.  Here is one of her last anecdotes.

“Phyllis told me my father could send me anywhere and I'd be successful (do you hear that father? You can send me ANYWHERE).  She also told me girls should not be out in the street (which is why she wanted me to live with her), I'm driving the Mercedes of education, I'll meet my "prince" within a year, and that he'll be a teacher somewheres (with a suit jacket and everything), and he'll be so blown away by my intelligence and my smile that he'll marry me on the spot (terrifying). She closed by telling me that she had never seen a year go by so fast, and that she knew that even though our time together was brief, we'd remember each other for the rest of our lives.

Oh Phyllis, whatever am I going to do without you?”

Aubrey entertained her Facebook audience with these kinds of stories all year long.  I would not be surprised to see a book come from her time with Phyllis, or a sitcom.