We have had quite a summer! Lots of traveling and visiting with many of you. We have had a great time, but we are feeling a little exhausted as well. We only have a couple of weeks left before we head back to Ecuador.
We had a great time on our "East Coast" trip visiting folks in Ontario, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Ohio. We also spoke in two churches along the way and had a great time with the folks of Northern Neck Baptist church in Virginia. What a great bunch of people out there.Becca went along with us only as far as the first day. She stopped off in Ohio, stayed for a couple of days with a friend, then took the bus back home to Grandma's house. What an adventure she had on the bus! You have to get her to tell you about the people she found on the bus. Sounds like something right out of a TV sit-com.
The boys were pretty content on the journey. We had a TV in the car so they watched videos on most of the trip. We did get to do some fireworks on the 4th of July at the house we were staying at. They thought they were going to miss fireworks this year.
We have also been in northern Illinois, speaking at a camp there. It was a good time meeting those folks from the United Brethren In Christ churches in that area. We have also been all the way up to Traverse City Michigan to re-connect with one of the work teams that helped us build the El Tablon church building. Last weekend we spoke at College Park UB church. I also had a reunion of my High School youth group. The youth group had quite an impact in the 70s on the lives of those in the group and it was good to reconnect with many friends that I have not seen in many years.Rachel is is getting ready to start College. Soccer practice starts in a week or so. She has been working out for more than a week already. We checked out her room today so she can start thinking about how she might want it set up. She also just received here new computer and has been getting it set up just the way she wants it.
Well, that is about it for this time.
Doug
