Frantic Guest Preperations

This was my frantic preparation to try and get life ready for 2 weeks of back to back visitors from the States.  One of the things I greatly miss (and I'll be honest, on many days I have to fight coveting) is a dryer and a laundry room.  I tell Austin often, "when we retire I want a home with a space to fold my laundry!"  Probably by that point I'll only be folding for 2 of us and not (almost) 6.  The stateside visitors went great and all the work preparing beforehand was well worth it.  What I didn't know when I started those preparations was that:

•  Both my house helpers would leave town, leaving me without the extra hands I was planning on.
• All 3 of my kiddos would get sick the day between one group leaving and the next coming
• Our water would be incredibly inconsistent, some times drying up completely, during our second week of guests.

Yet, Father knew all those things long before they happened.  We (all 11 of us at times) were warm, well fed and encouraged.  I'm so grateful that each of them came. 

And now, we are back to tackling the laundry!