Sunday, July 19th

Well, I did a whole update and it disappeared. So I will start again.

Missie is at her 3rd and last youth camp for the summer. Jared, her new friend, invited her to go to this one, it is his home church's youth camp and his parents basically run the camp. So I took her over 1/2 way up there yesterday and Jared and his mom met me and took her the rest of the way up. They are a nice family. But the problem is, she is in pain with a tooth. Most of you will remember she had an accident a few years back where 1/2 of both of her front teeth got knocked out with a pool ball. These were her permanent teeth too. They were repaired, but a little over a year ago, she had to have a root canal on one of them. Well, the other one is getting abcessed, and she is in OH. It was acting strange before she left, and feeling funny, so I sent some antibiotics I had here and she takes tylenol arthritis anyhow for her hypermobility. The tylenol isn't helping much today, though. I hope she can get the pain under control and enjoy the camp. A lot of people are arriving, and they have begin registration today. She met a girl who goes to Penn View (as Jared does, too) and they have become friends. They went with Jared's family to their church this a.m. and to their house for dinner. Anyhow, she is in OH and hopes to be there until Sat. On Sat. Junior will go up and get her. She gets so lonely during the summer when school is out, and loves youth camp. She sold her Ipod to be able to go to this one. Please pray the antibiotics will help so she can stay.

Junior is working 40 hrs/week, but the rate of pay is lower than he has made in years, and he has to drive a little distance to work and back. I so wish he could get a job in this town with a little higher hourly wage. But we are thankful he has a job at all. Even if he worked here in Frankfort, for the same hourly wage, he wouldn't have to spend so much for gas. He is working in warehouse driving forklift, packing and shipping orders. They ship a lot of brake drums sometimes. He likes it better than the job he had working all night. We like him working days better, too!

Preston is doing about the same. He is doing well. It has been cooler here and he has been riding his bike almost every day. And he likes to sit in his swing in the evenings. He gets out once a week to the goodwill usually, and goes to church on Sunday night. He loves the church, and the people.

So that is about all I have to report this time.