2010 Family Vacation

This year for our family vacation we loaded up the van and drove up to Manns Choice, PA for a week at the OCF retreat center, White Sulphur Springs. We had been invited to attend a family camp called Anchor Points. When we got our invitation we really felt like God was telling us that this was something that we needed to do for several reasons. We have been praying and seeking His guidance in our lives for our future. We both feel like He is leading us on to someplace/something else, possibly the chaplaincy or some other ministry related thing. This invitation literally came out of nowhere... it is based on references that OCF receives from other people within OCF. We have our suspicions of who that was, but why us? We aren't military anymore... haven't been in an OCF group in years since we had to leave our precious Hawaii group. So after praying about it, we just followed the invitation and made plans to use our vacation time in that way. We drove to the camp not knowing what to expect and feeling a little out of place. Jon said it best when he said, "We arrived at the camp and felt very out of place the first couple of days, but by the end of the week, we felt as if we had come home." So true! It was such a blessing to be around military families again. There is just something so unique and comforting about that community, as many of you know.:) We got to sit under great teachers, interact with other believers, and spend some much needed family time together, not to mention how much fun our kids had, especially Eliana! We still really don't know for sure why we were chosen to be there, but we were extremely blessed by our time there and will cherish the memories forever. Here are just a couple pictures from our time there. We had two different theme night dinners, International and Cowboy. Jon and I are dressed in Afghani clothing that he bought while he was on IA, and then the kids are in Chinese outfits that Jon got them on his trip there in May. Eliana absolutely loved playing in the creek looking for crawdads... I have never seen my child so dirty in her entire life.:)