Shin Pond Retreat

I am so blessed to have such wonderful generous friends.  Betsy and Dan Rush own a camp up on Shin Pond, and they offered to take us up there for a few days. It is amazing how God works; Let me show you:

Tyler was attempting to plan his vacation, and being very optimistic that it wouldn't rain. Like every year we start by listing the things that we wanted to do. This year's list included a hiking trip, lighthouse touring, shed work, yard work, hitting the beach, and camping?.  Tyler clarified that he would love to rent a cabin somewhere for a few days to explore and relax with the kids. Well, him and I looked into it a little and decided that renting a cabin for a few days was beyond our budget: Then low and behold a few days later this beautiful couple offers their camp for us to use.  Are they not wonderful?

Betsy took us up on a Sunday afternoon right after church, and we stayed until Tuesday midday. We would have stayed longer, but much like every other week in July, it rained most of the time. Everything was wet, and the boys were running out of things to do inside without destroying the palace-like cabin we were staying in.  Betsy and Dan have a wonderful place up in Northern Maine and their generosity with what God has given them is an incredible witness to me.  

Here are some pics from the few hours of cloudy, yet not rainy days, we had:

Andrew frightens me a little. He loved the boat so very much and wanted to drive it so badly. But as you can see, he is way too small to handle that large motor. He now affectionately calls Dan and Besty, Grammy Betsy and Grampa Betsy (we are working on this one).  But he talks about their motor boat along with any other motor boat he has ever seen with longing. This kid is going to love anything motorized.  

Here is everyone standing on the dock trying to catch a poor little sunfish. I felt so bad for this sunfish, they were all pestering her so much.  

Despite the rain we had a wonderful time exploring and relaxing with friends. Thank you Dan and Betsy for your wonderful gift to us.