"Up North"

For all of you that do not live in Michigan, "Up North" refers to the middle to northern part of michigan where Michiganders go to vacation usually during the summer months. This past week I went up with my cousin Julie and her husband matt to spend the weekend plus a couple days with Her family. they rent a cabin on a lake, and their whole family and their family friends all go up for about 2 weeks, or just the weekend in the middle. I have been going up there for about 7 years now, and it is so much fun just to be able to spend time with that side of the family. (my mom's sister) My cousin Jess also has two little girls maddie who is 5 and emily who is 3. They are so cute, and have grown so much in the past 2 years. before I left for thailand Emily wasn't even speaking yet, and when I came home last april, she was talking up a storm! I am glad I have been able to spend time with them now though.
While we were up there we did have a little accident. I took some pictures on my cell phone, but I can't get them onto to my computer. We were hit by a guy running a red light, and I got a little whiplash and fortunately that was the worst of the injuries. God was definitly looking out for us, because a couple milliseconds later, and I think there could have been a lot worse injuries.

Now I am preparing to raise support for the beginning part of my training, I thought I might have enough support to cover it all, but I didn't realize quite what the costs would be with travel and everything. Everything in America is just so much more expensive, I know I will be comparing Thailand and America a lot in that respect. If you are interested in giving a special donation to help cover the costs for New Staff Training, please visit this website and search for account 0584391
Thanks!!!