Back home again in Indiana!

We had a wonderful week at Oasis, met even more people to add to our summer of friendships, and ended the week with Global Fair.  We have enjoyed this time of fellowship with other missionaries, but we are also happy to be back home in Indiana!

Hannah & Katie with Jen, another new sweet friend

Global Fair is something new for us.  We were so excited to be able to attend this year.  And let me tell you, it was amazing.  There were missionaries from all over the world with booths that had information about the countries they minister in.  Some had food, others had activities for children, there was face painting, a station to make coffee-bean people,  balloons, ice cream, alpacas....what more could the Raber girls ask for?!?

Coming into Global Fair

Danica loved the alpacas!

Katie loved the sticky rice and barbecued chicken.  The sticky rice was in the  bamboo, they cut the top of the bamboo so that you could peel part of the bamboo back and eat it horizontally  (if that makes sense).  There were black beans in the rice, but it still tasted sweet.

There were signs around to let you know where you were :)

Katie is pointing to Peru on the huge globe that was there.

The flag of Peru painted on Katie's cheek.

We had a wonderful time in Pennsylvania!  We left the fair and drove the 12 hours home and arrived

home early Sunday morning.  Of course Katie and Danica were thinking they had already slept enough, so it was a little difficult to get them back to bed, but eventually it happened.

One last thing I just wanted to share.  First, thank you for your prayers for us in this journey, we couldn't do it without your support.  How do I know that you are praying you ask?

Well, let me tell you.  This past week I got a text from my sister Joanna saying that she was over at our house getting some plants and the UPS guy delivered a package that she had to sign for.  It was from the Indiana Health Dept.  Well, I have been working on getting birth certificates that will eventually be getting an Apostille for our student visa paperwork.  We had some difficulty getting the documentation scanned and sent so ordering the birth certificates took about a week.  Anyway, I had upgraded the shipping to UPS and they assured me I would receive an email that would give me a tracking number so that I would know when they would be delivered.  So, when Joanna sent me that text, I sent another back to her saying, "Praise the Lord" and letting her know the above info.  She then texted me back saying that she had an interesting time getting a key to get into my house and then she was only here for about 10 - 15 minutes total and the UPS guy came during that time.  Now some may consider that coincidence, but I consider it ANSWERED prayer!