My sweet friend, Jill, asked me to write a guest post on her blog “Joy in the Small Things.” I wrote a little about our story, but mostly about how we find joy in the midst of life’s ups and downs. You can read the post here – Gnade: Our Story.
You should check out Jill’s blog and her shop. You can even like her on Facebook. She makes these awesome folk art banners. Ours says “gnade” which is German for grace.
We’ve had lots of birthdays to celebrate lately. Way back in the Spring, we had a K themed birthday party for Matt, myself, and our friend Kristi-Anna. In August, we celebrated Whitney’s Birthday with ultimate frisbee and a BBQ for all the August birthdays on staff. The very next week we celebrated Bethany with a prehistoric dinosaur birthday and Jeff with kickball and a poker party. Then, the following week, we celebrated James and Rebecca‘s birthdays. We had a lot of fun celebrating all these awesome people! (Yes, Matt and I are included in that. 😉 )
For her birthday, our friend Bethany wanted to go to the Naturhistorishces Museum Wien (Vienna Natural History Museum). It turned out that the day we wanted to go, the museum was offering a rooftop tour in English. It was awesome! We had great views of the city, plus we were also the only people on the tour which was super cool. You can see all the pictures here: Rooftops of Vienna
Whoa! I cannot believe it’s been almost two months since we’ve blogged. What is it about summer that makes us do such a poor job of keeping this thing going? Oh yeah, we’re so busy having fun that we just don’t have time. 🙂 Here are some of the things that have been keeping us busy over the last couple of months:
You can see A LOT more pictures of our adventures here: American Summer Tour 2011
It’s that time of year again. We had our annual staff dinner last night. This is the night we set aside to honor folks who’ve served at ICSV. Along with acknowledging the people who’ve served here for 5, 10, and even 20 years, this is also the time we start saying goodbye to the folks who are headed home. I kinda hate this night.
I’m going to miss these faces!