Stateside

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Romans 15:1
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Team Philippines! Like our matching shirts we got for our presentations at churches?
Good thing the kids are small and are still willing to be matching :)
Sorry about being such a delinquent updater! Many of you have been asking us where we are right now.

No, we have not disappeared, or on a extended vacation (although that would be nice)!

All we can say is that it's been a busy 3 months being home in the Arizona! Finding time alone to work on these things takes, literally, leaving the house for some "working" time.

I will again try to update you using pictures, as I think most people enjoy that, versus a long email that many don't have time to read. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we travel during the month of October to Florida and then North Carolina. We still have some monthly support needs as well as Outgoing (one-time) needs before we can go back to the Philippines in January.


Fun times with Nana and Papa!
We are staying with my (Julie's) parents while we are back in Arizona. This is their front yard. A fun place for the kids.
First quad ride for Luke! Gotta start them young, you know :) The van in the back ground is the one God provided us through a supporter. It did wonderfully all the way to Michigan and up to Canada and back to Arizona!
Josiah helping share at our first event when we got home. It's neat to see how involved the kids are willing to be. They enjoy telling others what it's like being a missionary kid. 



The month of July found us on the road as we traveled across the country.


We were able to visit Yellowstone National Park. That's Old Faithful in the background.
Time to visit the sisters. Look how many kids we have!!

More of yellowstone
Seeing bears!

Visiting the American sites and teaching our kids about American history was so much fun. Mt Rushmore! 


Playing in the grass on one our our many stops.


The whole trip was not like this!! One of the few happy times he had in that car seat. 
This is the SEND conference in Michigan we attended.
So nice to see many our our missionary co-workers.

Visiting old friends!

Good old American museums! 


After we got home the kids were able join a karate class. They love it!


Our time in the States isn't all work!

Luke turned one year old on our trip
 and we had to celebrate when we got home.





So that's our trip so far. We are currently homeschooling the kids because of all the  traveling we need to do and the short amount of time we have. 

Thanks so much for your prayers and support. We are excited to have seen, and to get to see, many of you while we are here. If you want to schedule a time to see us before January, we would love to add you to the schedule, please email us and we'll set up a time. 

More next time about our move to Davao and the work we will be doing there.

Blessings,

Gilmer and Julie Paden
(and kiddos)
Nhaya, Caleb, Josiah, and Luke

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