Suddenly Summer!

After living in Washington for over 30 years, we watched our cycles blur, become routinely comfortable, predictably manageable. Suddenly summer has invaded this new land we now call home for a season; another culture's cycles unfold, and we find ourselves led along, and occasionally jolted, from one cycle into another. Manageable predictability here is not a common commodity, yet curiously the experience refreshes, teases, and infrequently puzzles us.

So, rather than trying to speak the experience, perhaps pictures can lead you where they--and you--will, speaking to you in their own silent language as the living they represent has spoken into our lives in recent months.

As you can see, our summer has been full of people--people of all ages, backgrounds, needs. Some entered our lives for the first time only this summer, while others have found us each summer we've returned. Being a part of their life experiences is an honor and delight almost too rich for words, as we watch them grow in their awareness that God is ever seeking them, loving them--just as He seeks and loves each one of His creation. --Emmanuel!