Great time in States!

Well, I'm home and rested, unpacked, and caught up on most of my emails. I was gone almost a month! Terry returned June 1st and was here in Mexico while I remained in Texas for another week.

I wanted to recap our trip for those of you who are keeping track. We left for Alaska on Sunday, May 9th. We arrived on Tuesday, May 11th. We had planned on attending Caleb's graduation from Dimond High, but he was short a half a credit and must complete that before he receives his diploma. We hope that will happen this summer. Caleb you keep up the good work and it will pay off!

We spent the rest of our time with Johanna and the kids (when they were not working). Saw many friends and were able to do a little business that needed to be done while we were there. Had a wonderful time on Sunday, May 16th with Rabbit Creek Church and were excited to help them celebrate the churches 25th anniversary. It was quite a blessing to see how God is blessing in our precious church in Alaska and enjoyed renewing friendships and even starting new ones.

Arrived in Montana on Tuesday, May 18th where we spent a week with our kids, Dan, Jenifer, Carly, Courtney and Collin just attending school events and helping out in the garden. Terry was able to go with Collin's class to a fishing pond where Collin caught the most fish and showed Papa how they do it in Montana. The girls thrilled us with their acting talents when their class presented "Romeo and Juliet". We were blessed to have Ken and Rosie Neupert come down and see us from Canada. Both Alaska and Montana were colder than normal and we finally had to break down and buy jackets; who would have thought it?

Headed to Texas on Tuesday, May 25th. It was much warmer when we got off the plane and we welcomed the warmth! Spent a couple days with our son and his family in Addison. Spent a couple days with my parents in Denison. Had a great time attending church with Terry and Sally and watching the kids do some swimming in their new pool! Terry, Terry Jr. and Sally left on Tuesday, June 1st. Terry returned to Mexico and Terry Jr. and Sally won a trip with his company to Turks and Cacos. Sally's mother, Marsha and I remained behind to keep Addy and Nolen and have some quality time with the grandkids. We had a good time and the kids did awesome. They were very easy to care for and the memories made were priceless.

I returned home Tuesday, June 8th. Although it was an awesome trip, the old saying "there's no place like home" once again proves to be true. We loved seeing all our family and friends and were once again reminded of the blessing God has given us through both. I will bring our blog up to date this next week on our work here in Mexico. Thank you for your prayers for our work while we were gone and a special "thank you" to Bill and Renee Johnson and Dallas and Becca Bivins who filled in many of our responsibilities while we were gone.

Slide show of vacation: