Thanks and glad to be home!

Pastor Tom and Pastor Jerry, thank you for leading this wonderful trip to Israel and Greece. You did an awesome job! For those of you that prayed for us on this trip, thank you and start preparing to join Pastor Tom in 2009. You will have an awesome and wonderful time!!

Thank you Dave Frankenbery for allowing Anita to go on this trip and for providing the transportation to and from the airport. She was a wonderful room mate and we had lots of fun together getting to know each other much better!!

I'm glad to be home minus one suitcase that didn't make the flight from Atlanta! There were about 8 bags that didn't make it on our flight. I got a phone call this morning that my suitcase has arrived and will be delivered by 11:00 am. I hope the rest of the bags have also arrived and will meet up with their respective owners soon.

I went to my brother's house last night after getting back from Sea-Tac and was greeted by a very enthusiastic Jeff and Rachael! They were so happy to see their mom again. The other two were also happy but with a little less enthusiasim in their greeting. After greeting my family, I found out that the plumbing in both bathrooms isn't working properly so one of my first phone calls this morning will be to get a plumber over here to fix the problem. I didn't get to bed until about 1:45 am this morning only to be wide awake again at 3:00 am. I fought the urge to get up and was able to get a couple more hours of rest (not necessarily sleep but rest). By 5:00 am, my body wouldn't let me rest any longer and I had to get out of bed. I'm sure I'll be ready for a nap in a couple of hours. I also found out that Jonathan was going surf boarding this morning at Westport with Josh Thomure, Daniel Searles and a few others from the church. Please be praying that the friendship that has been started with Josh over the last 3 weeks while he was taking care of the animals for me will be fruitful for God's kingdom and that Jonathan will be opened up by the Holy Spirit to a living relationship with our Lord Jesus. God is able to turn the hard heart to softness through the Word and the raining down of the Holy Spirit. Do it Lord!!!

More to come,
Mary