Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Summer 2008

Summer 2008 found us traveling and moving and seeing new country! Actually I've posted about the travels of Willis and Melodee to California, but now I want to catch up with all our children. Here's a brief update of the activities of Nathan, Bethany, Ben, and Hannah.

On July 1, Nathan arrived home from Keesler AFB in Biloxi, MS for a little over 2 weeks. On July 19, Willis and I drove him to Memphis where he caught a plane to Atlanta and from there to Frankfurt, Germany. Nathan is stationed at Ramstein AB near Frankfurt and is enjoying his job and co-workers. He will be there for at least 2 years, but we sure hope to be able to visit him there in Germany!

Bethany flew home on June 3 to spend exactly 2 weeks in West Tennessee. After a few days in Springfield, MA, she drove to her job at Camp Joy in Carmel, NY. Bethany spent a challenging 6 weeks as a counselor at the camp, and I believe God will use the lessons learned during this time throughout her life. Bethany returned to Grove City College on August 18 to participate on the Orientation Board and to commence her Senior year!

In May Ben returned to Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic on a Students International mission trip, this time with a group of students from Grove City College. Following the 2 weeks on a construction crew, Ben stayed with the Entrekin family, SI staff, and worked at various sites over the next 3 weeks. After 3 days at home, Ben flew to Seoul, Korea to attend Seoul Women's University's Bahron International Program for a month. We're glad he has been home with us for the past 3 1/2 weeks!

Following a month at Union University living in the dorms and taking classes in the Rising Senior Program, Hannah started a job at McIver's Grant Library. Hannah started her senior year at Dyersburg High School on August 1 where she's learning to speak Mandarin Chinese and dance on the dance team!

2 comments:

WILLIS said...

I wish I could be a Chapman Kid :)

Alicia said...

Hey Willis, I was just thinking that!

You must be so proud of all them. They are such a testimony to your dedication to Christ.