What have we been up to?

Josh sharing with FBC Glencoe

It’s been a busy and exciting summer for our family. At the end of May we visited FBC Glencoe, near Gadsden, AL to share about our ministry during their Sunday morning service. The pastor is Josh’s college roommate, so it was a lot of fun to see his family and catch up a bit.

VBS @ The Grove – The pastor led the whole VBS to kneel and pray for us

In June we participated in VBS at The Grove Baptist Church here in Huntsville before heading out on the road again, this time going west. We stopped for a few nights in Shreveport to visit friends before moving on to East Texas. We spent a week at First Baptist Liberty City, the church where Kimberly grew up, to teach the missions class at their VBS. We had a blast teaching 250 kids all about Chad!
From there we headed north of Dallas to Sherman, where we shared with Forest Avenue Baptist Church. The pastor and his wife are old friends of Kimberly, and after church we spent the afternoon catching up as a swarm of kids wreaked havoc in their house. The following morning we were up early headed southeast to Sulphur Springs, where Kimberly was born, to take her grandmother to lunch. Nana Lil is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, so it was a bittersweet visit for Kimberly.

Memphis BBQ picnic with friends from Chad

After lunch it was off to Little Rock, AR, to spend the night before meeting some friends from Chad in Memphis the next day. We enjoyed lunch at a beautiful park, and we spent some time catching up while the kids played.  After lunch it was on the road again, arriving back in Huntsville around dinner time, excited to sleep in our own beds for the first time in 2 weeks.

Praying for Chad (at HSBC)

We’ve been happy to have some time at our church in July. One thing we miss dearly in Chad is fellowship with our church family. We did visit one other church in July, about 2 hours south of us in Birmingham. Hunter Street Baptist Church is where Josh was a member when he met Kimberly, and they were members together for several years before moving to Huntsville. We went back to HSBC to visit with a number of Sunday school classes to share about our work, and Sunday evening they hosted a prayer time for us. Once again we were thankful for the chance to catch up with old friends and share an update on our ministry with people who’ve been tracking with us over this 9 year journey!