The best of times, The worst of times ( Mostly good :) : The Mishlers in the DR

Doing some off road riding on the moto

Jeff helping hang a new security light at the El Callejon pre-school

On Wednesday night the 15th of May I picked up our daughter Abby and her husband Jeff Mishler at the airport in Santiago and they spent the next 6 days with us here. We had a great time showing them all the different things and places here and then they were able to spend some time at Genesis with Karen and Jeff was able to go with me to work at a couple of the sites. Nina, Janae and Marcy had great time also with their older sister here. Going to some of the water falls, to the beach, to church with us, to visit some of the 15 different ministry sites here at SI DR, making home made ice cream and going out for ice cream were a few of the things that we did. While they were here, back in their home town of Edmond OK, they were experiencing devastating tornadoes that took many lives. They did not have any damage to their home or property but I am sure that many people that they know will have been personally touched by those storms. We sent them off on Tuesday morning this week with slight sunburns from the beach and a few sore muscles from the various hikes that we took. We have been so blessed by having our adult children come down to visit us here. We talk about how much fun it would be to have them all of them come visit us at once but we enjoy having them one or two at a time also so we can have more quality time with each of them.
Both of our "jobs" continue to go well. It seems strange to call them jobs as they dont feel like that at all. I guess since it is what we do all day then no other word would really fit either though. Marcy and Janae have about 2-1/2 weeks of school yet then they will be out for the summer. Janae will be volunteering at Genesis and Marcy will be splitting her time there and with me doing repairs at the different ministry sites.
Our daughter Rachel will be joining us for the month of June when I pick her up on June 3rd. Her husband Elliot will also be coming down for the last week of June then they fly home together at that. Rachel will be spending most of her time here at Genesis or catching up with old friends from when she lived here for 4 months in the fall of 2010. It was during that time that Karen and I along with Abby came to visit her and upon returning home felt called to move here ourselves. God is good all the time.