Just a hug from Stephen...We were able to spend some time with Stephen Sunday night since he wasn't able to join us in Gatlinburg last week. How special! We also left a friend of ours with Stephen - our Previa van that has carried us MANY miles and is filled with wonderful memories.
This past weekend was a wonderful close to these days before Orientation. Sunday morning we spoke at Tabernacle Baptist. A wonderful time together. My cousin and one of her daughters whom I had not seen in over 10 years drove about 7 hours to hear us speak and to visit for an hour or so before returning home. How very special!! Then that afternoon we drove to Phenix City to speak at Central Baptist at 6 pm. It was during our years at Central that we were first exposed to Guatemala. How very special to end our speaking engagements with these dear people! At the close, Pastor Dexter invited the congregation to surround us and pray as the chairman of deacons prayed a prayer of dedication over us. The chairman of deacons was a young man whom David had lead to Christ when we were serving at Central. It is very difficult to put into words the feelings we experienced. It was such a fitting close as we head to Orientation. How very thankful we are to have served among these dear ones. We know that they will join our prayer team and hold us before the Father.
These two days we are finishing the details of life as we have known it. The next time we post, we will be in Orientation, in the next phrase of the journey.
Continue to pray for us as we travel and visit family.
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