The Fantastic Veggie Bus!

Greetings! Wow, I read my last blog and I can't believe how much has happened between now and then. I am in the last half of my second year as a Missouri Stream Team Assistant. This job has been exactly what I was looking for when my stint as a speech implementer came to end. I wanted to work in the environmental field however did not have formal training in this area. When this job opportunity showed up I knew it just had to be mine!! So I applied with gusto and they offered me the job. I spend a portion of my time working for the Missouri Stream Team Program and the other part working for James River Basin Partnership. I still, more than a year and a half later, have moments where I stop and think "Holy Cow! I can't believe I'm doing this!" I get the pleasure of working on projects, with people, and on topics that were mere fantasies before.
Chris has also found ways to combine work with passion. He currently is working at an Arabian horse farm. The opportunity for him to work with horses and expand his knowledge has been soul-satisfying.
Ema is now is the 6th grade. The Springfield Sudbury School, although we gave it our all and a lot of wonderful people around the world stepped forward with encouragement and donations, had to close. Our support locally just did not equal the need. She has been able to hang on to her motivation to learn and her passion for her own goals. She has her sights on being an author.
We still own our bus but it is in need of a paint job for us to be able to take it out in public. Guess our sanding job before the green tractor paint was applied was a bit on the weak side! We did just have some good friends of ours give us their 1982 Vanagon which we named in their honor, Elmer. We have missed having a Vanagon and are itching for spring so we can pack up and go!
We have a new endeavour brewing (not veggie related but still exciting for us) however it is not yet ready to be revealed.
Watching the way life weaves opportunities together creating an expanding path has been a journey to behold. Things are certainly not always easy but as we keep our desires and passion in focus the rest seems to fall into place. I have now had this experience hold true several times and it never ceases to amaze me.
All for now!
Tiff