fussner/bowlin reunion in marion

back home again in indiana. so sad to see the fussner's leave the south pacific but glad to see them on this side of the world. emily watched the girls for a bit while beth and i ran an errand and this is what became of my princesses. dress up time with emily her auntie and her grandma!!!!!

swamped

well once again another month has flown by and you have not heard much from the bowlin's. we have been trying out a new adventure( as if we need more adventure in out lives) that we think will really help us along the way!



o.k. so it is not nearly as shiny and new but we really love it so far. it is an 87' and kinda retro but we are fixing it up and making into a bowlin type home. we took it out to family camp this week and started working out the kinks. the water ran out, electricity went out, hot water heater stopped, and we had no idea that you have to shut the valves to the sewage as soon as possible after emptying. we almost got stunk out of the place and drove all our neighbors away but after closing the valves and spraying lots of air freshener we were all back to bed.

we are excited to say that because of this new addition our daughter cail is now potty trained (again!?). we have saved money on hotels and food already and have had better and more sleep than usual when traveling! help us in thanking the Lord for this blessing and pray our safe travels as we visit south bend, hitchins kentucky, e-town ky, new york, and the dakota's, within the next few months!!!!! we are at 43% of our needed funds to return to n.z. help us in praying for that as well. we need 100% of our funds to come in before jan. so we can get back to the field and continue this work God has planned for us to do!!!!

thanks as well for your prayer this week as josh starts his masters courses at the seminary at indiana wesleyan university. he will be in class from 8am-5pm every day and then have a book or two to read and papers to write every night. wow, i dont know how anyone can keep up with that schedule. he has already tested out of one class and written a page or two or five maybe and read about 6 books. look out world!!!!! josh is on his way!!!!!!

funny nz adds

check out stephenie's blog to find some funny videos of new zealand summertime adds.

missionaries

this is us with stephenie garey one of the missionaries preparing to head to new zealand. she will be working there as a youth pastor at shore grace wesleyan church in auckland. please pray her funds will continue to come in so she can get there and start the work the Lord has for her in new zealand.

fun times in kentucky!

these are some photos of our time in kentucky with the beland's (trinity wesleyan church). they are a great family and our children had so much fun playing together. the only complaint was that sonic was out of ice cream! that was a bummer. it was slushy for everyone not just our girls with allergies. we had a perfect stair step 14 months 18 months 2 yrs 4 yrs and 6 yrs (correct me if i am wrong beland's about your childrens ages). just some more of our wonderful team members taking the time to bless us with a place to stay in our travels. thanks guys!

happy 4th

so this week we got to play super patriotic americans and celebrate the fourth of july, the birthday of the u.s.a. we had fun with our friends in south bend but got rained out of the parade and fireworks. we were a bit depresses that it was the only 4th we will have in the states for four more years and we missed all the festivities. we did find out that the fireworks near our home town happened to have been canceled and were rescheduled for the day we got home! it might be silly to praise the Lord for fireworks but it was a really special night for our family and the girls loved it. so praise the Lord!!!!!! we have been doing so much traveling and are feeling a bit worn out. we have had late nights and long drives but as i said before lots of family time and lots of fun trips along the way (we stopped at the louisville zoo on our way home from kentucky last week. thanks to all who hosted us while we were there!). if and when we get all of our renewed faith promises in we will be at about 50% of our funds. now thats something to praise the Lord about. this time of home ministries has been so much better than last time. we are so encouraged and energized by the response of out team (old members and new ones) who are standing behind and sending us on to do this work in NZ!!! God is good and so are the people he has brought into our lives to support our family. thank you God for being so good to us!!!!!

new pic

so the new profile picture is just of me and averie but cail took the picture. that was as close to having a picture of all three of us as i could get. we are headed to kentucky this weekend and are looking forward to catching up with many of our team members there. we have a few churches in kentucky that have supported our family for almost four years now. it will be great to give them an update and see some familiar faces!!!