Heading To The States

Friday morning we leave for the states. We will be there the whole month of December. We will be seeing family and friends, taking care of business in Illinois and Mississippi, and Marc will be speaking many times, in many places. I do not regret for one minute the decision we made to come to Honduras. But, there are definitely some things I cannot get here and some I can get here that aren't quite the same. Some of the things I am looking forward to having beginning Friday are:

• Hugs and kisses from Camille


• More hugs and kisses from Camille


• Hugs from Julia, Nathan, Nicole and Matt


• Spending time with family and friends


• Meeting new people as we travel


• Singing, praying, and worshiping in English


• Going to church and worshiping and fellowshipping on Wednesday night and Sunday night


• A coke with ice, from anywhere at first


• A coke from Sonic


• A hamburger


• Bacon


• Making a phone call without having to dial seven times to get through


• Using the internet without it going down while I am in the middle of something

Our schedule is:

November 30 Arrive in Little Rock

December 1 Searcy

December 2 Church with the kids and then on to Fairview Heights, Illinois for evening worship

December 3-5 Fairview Heights/Belleville signing a lease on our house and visiting friends

December 5 Jacksonville, Illinois

December 6-8 Nashville, Tennessee

December 9 Kingsport, Tennessee

December 10-11 Pigeon Forge, Tennesse

December 12 Atlanta, Georgia

December 13-16 Columbus/Starkville, Mississippi

December 17-18 Return to Searcy. We will need more hugs.

December 19 Shamrock, Texas

December 20-26 Borger, Texas having Christmas with family

December 26 Back to Searcy

December 30 Chenal Valley Church of Christ, Little Rock

December 31 Celebrating Camille's 3rd birthday

January 1 Return to Honduras

I am excited about being in the states, seeing our kids, seeing our parents and other family, seeing our friends. I always love to listen to Marc preach. I am excited about everything we will be doing and seeing. I probably will forget ever bit of Spanish I have learned. I hope not. On the other hand, I am a bit sad about the things we will be missing here. We will miss Baxter graduation. We will miss the youth groups from the churches in Santa Ana and Ojojona doing a food distribution to the poor families of the community. We thought these people were the poor, yet they are reaching out to others less fortunate than they are. Pretty touching. Please remember us in your prayers as we travel and as Marc speaks.

Our U.S. cell number is 618-520-0589. Feel free to call anytime. We would love to hear from you.

Terri