New Beginnings!
We can't believe that it's been since May since we have updated our blog! We want to let you know what is happening in the lives of the Kunkels but first a small update since May.
- Two weeks of staff training with 70 summer staff that are college students from around the world!
- Three months of summer camp that consisted of:
- 3000 campers
- 38 Day Camps (taking camp into communities around Oregon, Washington and Idaho) with 1800 Day Campers
- Visits from Grandma and Grandpa Kunkel and Grandma and Grandpa McMurran.
- Visit from good friends Colin, Kathryn and baby Ruby from Edinburgh! That all took place at our wonderful friends the DiGregorio's!
- One Birthday--Lily is now 7!
- One wedding--congrats Dee and Rick!
- One family reunion at Cannon Beach with the Kunkels
- A quick trip to Eugene to visit Grandma Viki, Papa Bill and Janette's sisters.
- 1 new Grandson--Scott congrats to foster daughter Nicole
- Who knows how many wildfires Jenni has rappelled into this season.
- Hosted a Concordia Alumni dinner night here at Lutherhaven and even Aunt Irene and Uncle Ken came from Montana!
- Brandi joining us here in Coeur d Alene to live with us and join us in our ministry here at Lutherhaven.
- Hours and hours of Dustin working on his dissertation--which he has a rough draft done! Now if we could just get the University of Edinburgh paid off he could graduate!
- A quick trip to Whitefish, MT to breath and visit our friends the Haas'.
- One week of school down for Lily who is in the 2nd grade and Zoe who is in Kindergarten.
- One week of staff training for Dustin and his Outdoor Education staff
Our first day in many many days that we have not left our apartment at camp except to take a walk.
Starting on Monday Dustin will have school groups--public, private and homeschool-- from all over Idaho and Washington each week out here at camp. He is blessed to have an incredible staff!
Janette will begin working as the Project Developer for Idaho Servant Adventures and as the Administrative Officer for N.L.O.M.A.--both part time.
And Lily and Zoe will go to school, laugh, play, eat, sleep, wrestle with their dad, cuddle with mom and dad, sing in the car on the way to school with mom and wait patiently for the snow!
One more thing, a promise that we will do an update at least once a week on this blog and to get some updated pictures on flickr!
Thanks so much for your continued prayers!
Janette and family
4 comments:
Wow--what a fun summer but I felt exhausted reading about it! ;)
I'm glad you're updating again!
I just cried reading that! I am so glad you are so settled and loving life there. Although our paths didn't cross for long, we miss you guys...especially seeing those smiling blondies running around here! Glad you will be keeping the updates coming.
Hi Kunkels,
We had a great time visiting with you. We both felt so refreshed with just the short time we were there. Hope you are all doing well and that the new jobs are going well. Girls have a great school year. I made fry bread with Alivia and Jodi tonight for the first graders. It is American Indian Week at school and I wanted the first graders to have fry bread for snacks. Matt is hunting by Dillion. He called tonight and got an elk with his bow and is now hiking in and out the 2 miles to carry it out. Ken is hunting by Ashland with his bow and I am holding down the fort. Luke is working out of town so I help out when I can with Jodi and the kids. God bless and stay in touch. Irene
ok i need to know how to send pics to youonline e mail? what? i want a pic of me and scottie on here. and he is in the hospital again so please ptay for him. hope to talk to you sometime this year.
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