Road Trip Mementos

You know you're on a road trip in the northern Midwest when...

• your windshield is constantly covered in bugs
• you are avoiding roadkill every couple of miles
• you pass a sign for a road named "Bad Route Road"
• you no longer have to watch out for curvy roads...it's completely flat
• wonderful and amazing thunderstorms
• we have not even been here for 2 days before Renae has several mosquito bites...

We are so thankful to have arrived at our destination safe and sound, with sanity of mind intact!  Caleb and Aaron handled the traveling fairly well for being so little.  Here are a few pictures of our adventures.

One of Caleb's activities was to take out all the tissues in a box.  He had a lot of fun and was distracted for a few minutes.

 

   Caleb and Aaron on the bed at the motel.

We weren't kidding when we said there were a lot of bugs on the windshield.

Stopped for a picnic and no Aaron is not the main course.

Everyone else got to take a nap and Tyler was jealous..

 

...so Tyler decided he needed to sing an opera song to help keep himself awake.

Also,as many of you know, there is devastating flooding going on in Minot, ND, just west of Rugby (where we are right now).  Because of this, many roads are closed and we had to change our route a few times to be able to get here.  Renae has two cousins that have had to evacuate, and there are so many lives around here that are being affected by this.  Please pray for Minot and the surrounding areas where so many people are without homes or any personal items.  We remember that our treasures are not here on earth, but in heaven.  Yet it is devastating to lose everything you have.

Till next time,

Schmidt's

Sweet Spring Blessings

Besides the birth of our precious Aaron Benjamin, we have had many more sweet blessings this spring.  Here are a few of them in pictures and words.

Renae's mom here to help for a week

Tyler's mom back from Ecuador to help us

2 healthy, growing boys!

As Tyler's parents transition from Ecuador to the US, we were blessed with their company for several weeks.

The Lord provided a "new" minivan for our expanding family

Tyler and I were able to go on a nice date and enjoy a flight together;  I love being married to a pilot!

The Clark family stayed in the guesthouse while helping at STC.  What a blessing their friendship and mentoring was to us! Caleb loved having big brothers and a sister to play with.

Spring means time for planting and new growth

Caleb and his new sandbox

Clark kids and Caleb

sweet smiles

The STC team: Christopher, Tyler, Alycia, Ken, Jeremy

We are so thankful for the many ways the Lord has been with us and blessed us these last couple of months!

We leave June 23 for vacation time with family and to spend time building our support team. Please pray for:

      -Safety traveling

      -the Lord to guide those that He wants to join our support team

      -one more church (for July 10) to share our presentation with

      -unifying and encouraging time with family

      -spiritual encouragement and growth for our marriage and family

      -increase in our monthly support, as we are at about 40-45%