Hail to the Redskins!

Redskins 23

Philadelphia 17

In the Bible Belt

On Friday night, we attended a football game at Augusta Christian High School. It was a wild experience for us because the school was so big. We are not use to large private christian schools. The team had at least 50 players and there were 9 coaches on the sidelines and 4 more up in the box coaching through headphones. It was a great game and Augusta won which made it a fun game to watch.

Augusta AC Youth Group

Pastor John in action.
Obie singing hymns with the youth group.
The entire gang!

Newberry, South Carolina

On Saturday, we drove up to Newberry, SC to visit a friend from Houghton while John went to a wedding in Atlanta. In this picture we have: Katarina, Lucy, Grace, Natalie, Elisabeth.
These girls hit it off right away! They had a blast together at the Octoberfest in downtown Newberry.
This is my (Christine) friend Melissa and her son Gabriel. Melissa and I were RAs in East Hall together.
The Schnackenburgs: Jurgen, Katarina, Natalie, Melissa, Gabriel. We were truly blessed by our visit with them. They are great friends!

A Tour of Augusta

The Savannah River Park Walk




The Augusta Museum of History

John's House: The Spartanage

The back of House of Bethel (JITs home)
Shed in the backyard
Wisteria in backyard
Eating fried chicken, green beans, and sweet potato casserole prepared by a woman from John's church

The sign on the kids bedroom door
John's bedroom dorm, I wasn't brave enough to enter.
The front view
The Crown Victoria

Entertainment

John's shoes are no longer lonely
The room in which Joel and I sleep
One of two bathrooms in the house
The kids room.
Gracie's cot

The living room

All the states where John has lived
The kitchen
The den

The Van Ride . . . 19 1/2 hours!

The drive down here went extremely well. The kids were happy, no tears, and the scenery was beautiful. The Lord has blessed us through the planning, packing, and traveling of this trip. Praise the Lord! We stopped and had lunch with Jim and Pam and a good time was had by all. Afterwards, we stopped by the beet farm and Dwight and Joel compared pickled beet recipies and engaged in deep conversation about Battle Star Galatica.