Summer Trip- Part 1

We flew out of Albuquerque at 7:00 a.m on Tuesday morning and had a lay over in Dallas. Both flights were very smooth and we landed in Nashville at 2:30. We flew into Nashville because tickets were half of what they were to fly into Birmingham. So we rented a nice van (which we would have rented anyway because none of our family has a car big enough to pick us all up at the airport) and headed to Cullman which is only 2 hours from Nashville. We went straight to Grace Community Church for dinner with our Grace family....it was fabulous! I don't know how many people were there but it was a lot and I want to thank you all for coming out. It made us feel so special and loved and we were thrilled to get to visit with so many of you on such a short trip......

There were many of you that I didn't get a picture of and I am so sorry for that. Special thanks to Bonnie and Becky for organizing the special night for us. We love you all and miss you terribly!

We spent the night with our friends Jeff and Tammy Silvey who came out in April to see us. Jeff cooked another great breakfast but sure wish we'd had some gravy!! (Just kidding Jeff!) We spent Wednesday at our house in Holly Pond.....I didn't take any pictures there because I was so ashamed of how it looked. The yard was like a jungle and the basement had major issues. We just have not had the extra money to pay someone to maintain it for us. Thank you so much Jerry, Jessica, Dawn, Bonnie, Shane, and Kevin T. for helping us out over there! We would not have been able to get it all done without you.....we owe you BIG time!!

Sorry Shane and Kevin...I didn't get your picture!! but your work was greatly appreciated!!

We then got to eat Bonnie's famous pizza for supper and then went to Grace for Wednesday night Bible study. Heather Green has been a part of our church family since we moved to Cullman in 1999. Mike performed her marriage ceramony, baptized her husband, mother-in-law, and father-in-law, and were there when their little Nevaeh was born. Heather was baptized when she was younger but did not truly chose to accept Christ as her Savior until years later. Because of that, she felt that her baptism was not in order so she called Mike the week before we were coming and asked him if he would baptized her . What an honor that was, so Mike performed the baptism on Wednesday for Heather!

We then spent the night with Bonnie and Shane who graciously let many of the kids friends come over to visit.

Thank you so much for your hospitality Tammy and Jeff and Shane and Bonnie!! We loved every minute of our time with you and wish it could have been longer......we love you!

For those of you who are wondering about what is going on with our house, we are still waiting for the short sale application but don't have a clue if the people who made that offer are even still wanting it. Meanwhile, while we were there on Wednesday, we got the best offer so far but it was still not enough. We countered back but they are not willing to take it. However, God is in control and all we can do is trust HIM! He has already been working this out for us and hopefully soon I will be able to share with you what He is doing for us.......I've got you curious don't I??!