They left earlier this morning and the house seems so empty and quiet. It really was such a blessing to be able to spend time with Christian friends. We appreciated the quality time together in nature, eating good food together, playing games, laughing, going shopping, uplifting conversations, and even discovering who “Satan’s best buddies” are (sermon by C.D. Brooks). We are sad to see our friends go, but we’re glad that in about month we’ll see them again at GYC! 🙂 Here are some pictures that will help us remember the memories from this past week.
Playing Trump…”You’re fired.”
Playing on the GIANT playground…
The giant slide that we took turns going down…
Dan failed to read this sign and went face first and even went down backwards…(or did he?!) 
Posing by the canal…
Dan trying to throw Jen in the lake…but PTL he showed mercy.
Next to an Isle Royale boat
The beautiful U.P. sunset
Sikhu and Jen in front of the Houghton/Hancock bridge…
Being buddy-buddy and running Sikhu into the tree…
The shepherd and his lamb…
Jen and Imanuel
On the computer and/or sleeping–what Sebastien did most of the time…(Because “he hates nature”.) 
Imanuel and Sikhu bonding…
Some of the food we had for Thanksgiving (Tofurkey, fried “turkey” nuggets, mole, tamales, corn muffin stuffing, mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes, Dinner Roast, and more). We spent the whole day cooking.
THEN, we played a “fun and exciting Thanksgiving game”.
After that, we played the paper game. Winners beat the Losers by 1 point. Bentley was the frisbee holder.
Jen showing everyone how to eat Ramen. Bjorn watches carefully…Imanuel watches Sikhu carefully.
Israel throwing up the sign for the cooking gang he joined.
Bjorn, waiting to eat after working at Cyberia all day long. He even got Israel and Dan (BURNING) HOT APPLE CIDERS. None for the girls. Thanks, Bjorn. 
Friday night after vespers, we practiced our song for special music the next day. Dan conducted while Israel arranged the hymn for us.
The girls, Sikhu, Yunis, and Jen practicing the song on the couch. We sang “He Leadeth Me”.
Imanuel eating lunch.
Bentley showing Dan his impression of a psycho dog. Pretty good, yeah?
What Sikhu did all Thanksgiving Break long. We couldn’t stop her…
There are a whole bunch of other pictures that Yunis took with her camera, so once I get those from her, I’ll post those. It would include pictures of our special music, going to the lake, and just hanging out. We also watched 3 DVDs. They were all pretty horrible…especially “Aliens of the Deep”, with most of it showing the evolutionist scientists and the green cartoon blob, and not enough of the actual animals! Also, there was the other documentary (that we won’t mention) that JEN suggested. Dan is scarred for life. Actually, we probably all are. Thanks, Jen. You’re officially disqualified from suggesting good videos to watch.
We miss all of you guys already. We prayed for you guys tonight during our evening worship. We hope you had as much fun with us as we did. May God bless your trip home and keep you safe!