llandudno

we experienced the train for the first time when we all went to llandudno on it. it was a fun and relaxing way to travel! we enjoyed some shopping and walking along the promenade. daniel did have to fight a sea gull for his sandwich but other than that, we had a great time!

plenty of mac time!

the beach

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.