After the whole deal with the hospital, Clint's family came to visit us! I was hoping to join them on all their site-seeing, but unfortunately didn't have the energy at the time. I was thankfully able to go to Prague but then I mainly stayed home and got to see them in the evenings.
Sorry I don't really have any good pictures of the whole family since I wasn't with them most of the time. Maybe I can get some pics from Stephanie... hint hint. ;)
They were here for 2 weeks and then 6 days after they left we went to the States.
Right before we left we celebrated our 2 year anniversary! We went out to dinner and then enjoyed a relaxing evening at home watching a movie. Honestly we were both tired and needing just some relaxing time at home so it was perfect for us.
On August 9th we fly to the States and were in Ohio for a few days. We had a good time visiting with Clint's family there. Clint was able to make a presentation of the work we are doing on Sunday morning in Louisville. He did a great job on the presentation and it was nice getting to talk with some of our friends there.
On August 14th we flew to Oklahoma City and from that point on we stayed with my parents when we weren't traveling to other churches or cities.
A couple of days later we drove to Houston and were able to visit my sister, brother-in-law and niece as well as meet the members of the Church of Christ in Champions. They are helping support our work so it was great to get to meet a lot of people. They planned a fish fry for us and Clint was also able to make a presentation on Sunday night there. What a wonderful congregation it was and it was such a blessing to spend some time with them! Here is a picture of Troy, the deacon in charge of missions, frying the fish!
The following weekend we drove to Amarillo and worshiped with the Golden Plains Church of Christ. It was also so encouraging as we were able to meet so many wonderful Christians. Clint gave a presentation there and everyone was so supportive and encouraging to us! They also took a special contribution for us that day and we were so overwhelmed by their generosity and support!
On this trip my parents went with us to Amarillo and then we drove on to Snyder, Texas to see my grandparents. While we were there we met with the Elders at Eastside Church of Christ and talked with them about our work in Germany. It was great to get to visit with my grandparents as well as aunts and uncles and cousins. Here are a few pictures of me with my family.
One of the highlights of being in the States of course was getting to spend time with family. Amy and Ashlyn flew from Houston to spend a week or so with us and so we had lots of good times with everyone, especially those two sweet nieces of mine!
We also took trips to Tulsa and Coffeyville, Kansas which also went really well and were encouraging. We got to see some friends and were also excited about the connections we are making with people who care so much about mission work!
As well as visiting with family, we got to see a lot of great friends. One evening I got to see some of my best friends! We went to dinner with Josh and Amanda and then hung out at the Nowlin Center at OC to chat for a while. Amanda and I are both expecting around the same time in January so it was fun to see each other pregnant and discuss our experiences.
Before we left, South Yukon Church of Christ held a baby shower for us. It was really nice and so many people made monetary donations so that we can buy the things that we need over here in Germany. It was really overwhelming the love and support they showed us!
We flew back to Germany on September 11th and then arrived on the 12th. It was a whirlwind trip but it went really well and we are happy to say that God really blessed us by giving us many opportunities to share our work with others. One of the last meetings we had before we left was with Soldier Creek Church of Christ and we are happy to say that they have agreed to be our sponsoring congregation from July 2008 to August 2009. Praise God for always looking out for us!
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