We just returned for our trip to Holden Village. Wow! What an amazing week! Highlights include...
On the way to Holden, Dan attempted to use the voice command feature of our car. He kept repeating Chelan over and over again to get the navigation unit to direct us. Each time he clearly yelled Chelan the car would respond with different helpful suggestions such as "air conditioning off" and "now changing to channel 259". The best part was that Jonas started yelling Chelan in the backseat. The next night when some people were introduced at Holden, Jonas overheard that they were from Chelan. He then started yelling "CHELAN" loudly at vespers while other people were being introduced!
Elsa and Jonas took part in the Narnia program at Holden. One of the nights at vespers, Elsa helped with the blessing. She dipped her finger in water and made a cross while giving a blessing. Countless people came up to us the rest of the week and said that her blessing was very special. We were so amazed and awed by Elsa! A pastor from a Lutheran church in Minnesota even wrote about the blessing in her sermon for next week. She shared her sermon with us and we were so touched!
Other Holden highlights: a walk to the water-fall, playing in the sandbox, making tie-dye shirts, Holden coffee, chasing chipmunks, counting deer (tons), sitting on the swing reading books, playing with other kids, riding the school bus, seeing dump trucks, riding the fast boat home!!!, and much more!
God Bless,
Mari & Dan & Elsa & Jonas
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