Back to Life in the United States

I think I have gotten used to brushing my teeth with tap water, although not all of our digestive systems have fully recovered from our trip. We've gotten used to not having the internet at home, too!

General updates from us:
- As part of our conclusions from our trip to Ghana, Archer will defend his field prelim. in two weeks, then work on a project for his dissertation that will not require travel to Africa. We are still interested in being missionaries, but believe the Lord has confirmed that Archer needs to pursue teaching first, and do things here in the USA for the immediate future.

- As a replacement for his side-job at the VA Hospital which ended in the spring, Archer has started working at Menlo one day a week, and has really enjoyed it! He's at home now reading up on Java (programming language) and figure out how to teach our coworkers about some GUI layout stuff.(If that didn't make any sense to you, just know that Archer "can't wait to get up in the morning" to work on this stuff, and is increasingly convinced that he should be teaching Computer Science).

- Kimberly has become more involved in the women's ministries at our church, and went to a meeting a week ago with lots of women's ministry leaders from our denomination (EPC). It looks like my time in Bible Study Fellowship has really prepared me for these new tasks. It has been exciting to see how the Lord is working through His Church from a bigger-picture view!

- Lily is growing into a fun, cheerful little girl. She talks almost constantly, has recently being answering "no", or "no way" to everything, and eats mass quantities. She particularly loves pizza, and ate 2 full pieces recently in one sitting! She loves swinging and slides at the park, and is really getting pretty independent. Check out the latest pictures and videos!