Greetings from the Redwoods

Hey everyone,
I hope everything has been going great. I pray that God has been blessing each and every one of you. He's been doing awesome work over here. :)  I know it has been awhile since we wrote but it seems like the summer hours just fly by. We wake up at 7 am and before you know it's time to go to bed. I am noticing while writing this that the world can just suck the hours away. We can get so caught up in what is going on around us and all along we are missing God's blessings and His love. Wow,our God is so so so GREAT. I love how God just can reach out in the middle of the day and make us feel so loved.!!!

Each of these bales weigh about 50 lbs
Each truck load holds about 100 bales
Now times that by at least six loads.
This equals a few exhausting day.

So, what have we been up to? Other than working in the cranberry bogs ,we have been waist deep in harvesting hay for the past week. The experience has been awesome yet draining. I really don't know why we use workout videos like P90x and Insanity when all you really need to do is find a local farmer and ask to help out. This harvest is kinda kicking our butts but we love it. I guess not all of it, I mean we could live without breathing in all the dust. We are so blessed to have this opportunity. Not only to make money for His mission but to experience harvesting His blessings. Thank you to all of those people who make/produce quality local product with love. Random fact: Newton Meats has the number 1 bacon in all of Wisconsin. We won 1st at the Wisconsin State fair. OOOO YA)

And when we arn't working like crazy we are.....

Hanging out by the ocean!

Some other fun things that are going on in our lives are that on July 28th Peter is heading to a local Middle school christian summer camp for a week to be a counseler. If you could pray that the Lord just speaks truth to those youth through him that would be awesome. Also, he's in preparation for his trip out to New York in September to attend the Academy of Young Preachers conference. He'll giving his first sermon!!! Please pray that the Lord meets him in his prepartation and all the plans work out. God is so great. We always need more prayers for Africa. The date to leave is coming up sooner and sooner. Which is scary but awesome at the same time. God has been blessing us with amazing affirmations that Kenya is where He wants us. Just today while selling some hay we met an amazing couple who had experience over there. CJ and Kelly thanks again it truly was awesome meeting you. God shines through in awe inspiring ways. Thanks again for coming and reading what is going on in our lives and please let us know if there is any way that we can be praying for you. We'd love to hear what God is doing in your life too. Feel free to email me or call.

Much love,

Pete and Kels

Grace Verse:
Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”Deuteronomy 31:6