Summer in USA Finishing Fun before Back to School and Mongolia

We went to the Akron Aeros game before Johanna goes back to Germany.

Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt and Uncle joined the fun.

Josiah's friend from school invited him to go-carts!

Alas, Clara has already started school (Aug 16th!)

Here she is after getting off the bus.  Looks like she'll get 3 weeks of 8th grade in America this year before we return to Mongolia. 

Lydia's BFA Graduation Party at Church Pavilion

Before Lydia leaves for college at Taylor University soon...

we squeezed into summer her graduation party from Black Forest Academy.

Complete with lunch, cake, lifelong friends...

and family...

and lots of guests...

and gifts...glory to God!

Indiana Dunes National Park

On our way back from Chicago, we stopped off of I-90 to see the dunes.

...and Lake Michigan...

The water was fine and clear!

We could see the Chicago skyline across the lake.

Too bad Maggie had to miss it.  But she was on her way to Honey Rock, the Wheaton College Camp, on the lakes of Wisconsin. 

College Visits for Johanna

We started by seeing Lydia's place of study for this fall: Taylor University.

Then on to another good Christian Indiana school: Grace College

And since we were on our way to drop off Maggie at Wheaton College, we visited nearby Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. 

Dropping by a key place in the story of our family, where Renee and I spent time in AD 2000.

Also at Moody in Chicago.