The Boys Return Home

DK, Oscar, and Salil have arrived back in Vienna. They left our company on Tuesday. We are sad to see them go, but we know we will be with them again in a few weeks and continue the mentoring process.

DK did a great job playing golf here in the states, and expressed his strong desire to come back next year and go to school. He played in 3 tournaments. The first was a qualifier for the US Amateur, unfortunatley it did not go so well for him and he did not qualify. However he recovered well a few weeks later and finished tied for 10th in the Missouri Junior Amateur. Then we drive to Dallas where he played really well on the first day, not so good on the second day, and then had a tournement best round on the third day to help him place 3rd overall in the tournament, only 2 shots behind the leader. After the first day the Dallas Morning News even wrote a featured story in their golf section about him. Check it out...http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/golf/stories/071907dnspodallasjuniors.30ef757.html

As we were driving to the airport, he was asked what is favorite thing about this summer was, he answered..."All the driving, because we were able to communicate and talk a lot."

Oscar had a great time at soccer camp and was invited to possibly play at Washington University. Stephanie and are are looking forward to starting the College search with Oscar and getting him into a school that is a great fit for him. If you have some college soccer contacts, please let us know and we will see if it is right for Oscar. His favorite thing about the summer was the time he spent at Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch with Stephanie's family.

Salil also had a great time at soccer camp and is looking at school's not as competitive as Washington Unversity. Thomas, is going to be working more with Salil during his senior year. We only spent 10 days with Salil, so we don't have as much to share about him and his summer but his favorite thing about his time with us was the chance to see a few universities (see below).

There are plenty of pictures to come....stay tuned!

Prayers for Matt and His Family

Last night, July 11, we heard from Matt's mom that his grandmother, Esther Clapham, passed away, which was very unexpected. She was in the hospital for hip replacement surgery, and was okay. She went to take a nap yesterday evening and never woke up. It was just a month ago when his grandfather, Donald Clapham passed away. So this is a lot on the family in a short time. Especially for Matt's mom who has spent the last year living with her parents and caring for them. Please be in prayer for Matt's mom Cathy as she handles the loss of both of her parents in such a short time.

We had just arrived in Dexter, Missouri to visit my Grandma Tuley and family for the weekend on Wednesday afternoon. So when we received the news last night at 11:00 we made plans for Matt to travel to be with his family. So this morning we rented him a car, he drove back to Saint Louis to the airport, where he flew to Oklahoma City, rented a car and picked up his brother and sister's family and is driving to Larned, Kansas this evening. This is a lot of extra expenses we did not have budgetd, but we have faith that God will provide. The funeral will be Saturday so please be in prayer for the Clapham family.

On Saturday we were scheduled to leave for Dallas to speak at a church Sunday morning. Now I will be driving myself and the boys down to Dallas, which is an 8 hour drive from Dexter. I will also be giving the presentation on my own on Sunday morning. I am okay with all of this, but please be in prayer for me, that we'll have safe travels and that God will speak through me on Sunday morning at church.

Thanks for your prayers and support, its what gets us through.