On The Road

We are on the road this month. We (Megan, her mom, and the kids) left Texas on Tuesday and headed to Louisiana. We spent the afternoon and evening with Megan's aunt and uncle and enjoyed amazing food and good fellowship. We love Aunt Linda and Uncle Bud and hope to spend more time with them now that we live so close.

We left Louisiana early, early Wednesday morning and drove to Alabama, where Megan's brother lives. We are spending today (Thu) with Ron and will leave early, early Friday morning to drive to North Carolina.

Megan will share at Warsaw Baptist Church on Sunday (July 12) during Sunday school and in the worship service. (If you live near Warsaw, NC come join us on Sunday at 9:45 am in Powell Hall.)

Megan and the kids will spend the week hanging out with family--playing, swimming, laughing, talking. The kids are really excited to see their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Joel will fly to join the family on Thursday. I'm sure the kids will be happy to see him by then! We will share at Calvary Chapel Jacksonville on Sunday (July 19).

We will all load into the van again on July 20 and spend two days driving back to Texas.

If you will be nearby, we would love to see you while we're in NC. We hope to visit with as many people as possible to enjoy fellowship and share about all God's doing in our lives and in Asia.

We would appreciate prayer for our trip. Please pray as the Lord leads. Here are some specific requests we have:

-safe travels (no car problems, happy traveling toddlers)

-be a blessing wherever we go (bringing laughter, joy, and fun)

-good times of sharing about GFA and our calling (at the 2 churches and with individuals)

-raise additional monthly support for our family (we are close to full support, but need additional partners to commit to consistent giving)

Join us in praising God for some amazing provisions--our kids did very well in the car to Louisiana and then to Alabama (12 hours in the car!). Megan's mom arrived safely and will be staying with us for the entire month! Both churches in NC welcomed us to share this month!

God is so good.

*We hope to post some pics soon.

Blog Makeover Maybe

My friend Beth is offering to help makeover someone's blog. I've entered to win. She has a really cute new look that you can see here.
Beth is a sweet sister who has two adorable kiddos and writes really well. Her stuff is entertaining and informative. It's fun to learn new things about your friends as they blog about their everyday life. Go check out her blog.

*you might be wondering why there's a picture of wheat. i like wheat. i like the symbolism of wheat. i've always liked it, but the other day i realized that it was something i integrated into our marriage from before i knew i liked it so much. on our wedding day, joel and i took pictures in a wheat field. we didn't ask permission b/c we had no clue who to ask. i saw the idea in a magazine and thought it was neat. turns out, our very dear friends own the field and saw us taking pictures as they drove to our reception. that made it doubly cool. and, those wheat pictures are some of my favorites. so...i think i'd like to possibly incorporate wheat into the design of our blog. but, maybe not. this is a cool wheat picture anyway.

Summer Visits

Friends and supporters of ours came by for a brief overnight visit last month (can you believe it's July now?!).

Nate & Terri were a hit with our kiddos. They were sad to see them leave.
Joel and Nate have been friends since they were children. It's such a blessing to now be doing ministry with one another. We enjoyed some good meals together, and Joel gave them a tour of the GFA office. I was able to steal a few minutes of Terri's time to get some Photoshop tips. She's a very talented artist.
Nate & Terri, thanks for taking time to come see us. Come back soon!