conwy castle

on thursday afternoon steve and daniel took a quick trip to conwy castle.

visit from the arnolds continued...

it was fun taking jenn and the kids to the grocery store and to the park-just showing them what our life is like here.

visit from the arnolds

we had a wonderful visit from the arnolds and i'm not sure where to begin as far as posting pictures. here's one from the day they got here. it was great to have another "nursery worker" at church. (yes, they flew all night on tuesday and came to prayer meeting on wednesday. are they great missionaries or what?)

update

i am sorry to report that i failed my driving test. it was a big disappointment as i thought i had done a really good job, but he failed me on a couple of what i thought were minor errors. the whole thing seems a bit subjective. anyway, i won't say any more about it b/c i've decided to not be upset about it but take it from the LORD. i've booked another test for 3 august and we'll give it another go. many people here take it 2 or 3 or even 5 times so it shouldn't have been too surprising. in other news, daniel, jenn and children are here for a few days and we're having a great time showing them our life. i'm still amazed that they were able to come and i know it will be difficult to see them go. the children are playing relatively well together, the men are solving the world's theological problems and jenn and i are trying to figure out how/when/where we can get away w/out the kids and husbands for a few hours.

a song for today

A MAN there is, a real man,
who once on Calvary died.
His blood for guilty sinners ran
from hands and feet and side.

'Tis no wild fancy of our brains,
no metaphor we speak;
The same dear man in heaven now reigns,
that suffered for our sake.

This wondrous Man of whom we tell,
is true Almighty God;
He brought our souls from death and hell;
the price, His own heart's blood.

That human heart He still retains,
though throned in highest bliss;
and feels each tempted member's pains;
for our affliction's His.

Come then, repenting sinner, come;
approach with humble faith;
owe what you will, the total sum
is canceled by His death.

His blood can cleanse the sin-stained soul,
and wash our guilt away;
He will present us sound and whole
in that tremendous day.

Joseph Hart, 1712-1768

prestatyn

prestatyn is another coastal town about 20 minutes from here. they have a really nice beach and it has some fun little shops, etc. we took the girls there last thursday for the morning. we ended up eating there and had some great "turkish bread with savoury cheese" for lunch. it was pretty windy but overall, we had a good time getting to know the town, scoping out the parks, etc. we still feel so new here so we're glad we can say we've at least been there now when people ask!

anniversary pictures

here are some pictures from our anniversary. steve and i hiked the little orme which gave us some amazing views of llandudno and the surrounding area. we stopped on the way home and had a cuppa right out on the beach. somehow the girls got in on my breakfast in bed! we grilled salmon for supper on our little bbq. we share an entry way with a charity shop and the woman who works there is always putting little toys out for the girls to play with as we get them in and out of the stroller. just thought i'd explain=)