September has been a very special month for us! We did something we have never done before in our almost 23 years in Zambia. Michael's family had been planning a surprise 80th Birthday celebration for his dad for almost 1 year in advance hoping to get us all together in one location. We have seen family each trip back but it has been individually and not all of us at the same place at the same time. They pulled it off! Two cottages were rented on the Outer Banks of NC and plans started taking shape. We organized everything here for a month away and I was so blessed on my return to see how everyone had worked together. Everyone was at the beach except Pam and Mario's family from Germany and Lanie's husband who is in the Coast Guard. They just could not work it out to be with us. There was 40 of us total! The Lord is so good! Michael's dad was told he was going to have lunch with new friends he met at church and a suitcase for his weeks stay was secretly packed and put in the trunk. Kathy did a great job keeping things a secret and getting him there. We made some new family memories and hope to do this again in the future.
When my mom found out about this Birthday Celebration for Bobby she got excited to be able to see all our family together and planned a Sunday Church service and lunch to try and get with her side of the family. What a wonderful Berry reunion we had, it just wasn't long enough. My brother even surprised us with a long weekend visit from MI.
Michael and I were blessed to attend his 40th class reunion in Elizabeth City on the 3rd of September. It was wonderful for him to see old friends and enjoy hearing all the wonderful reports of how his class was being used for the Kingdom. I believe there are 9 preaches in the group. We also enjoyed a Sunday Breakfast and Church Service with some of the visiting out of town group.
I so enjoyed my Mamie time with our 7 grandchildren and missed the others from Germany. One day I am still praying to have us all together. It was surely a month of family fun!
I am sorry this blog was late. Since we arrived back in Zambia the end of September our internet service is still not up and working. I am having to be creative to get this posted.
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