Packing and Visiting

Just an update on what we have been up to and where we have been. We left Alabama on October 23rd and headed to Ohio. Our time was spent visiting with family and friends, traveling to churches to raise prayer support, packing, sorting, taking care of details and making decisions necessary to leave for Japan. These three months have gone very fast. We were not able to do all that we wanted to do and see everyone that we wanted to see. Now we are on our journey to Japan. Our shipment is on its way and all of our bags are packed. It is so nice not to be a full-time packer anymore. We flew to Vancouver, Canada on Tuesday of this week. We will be here until the 17th when we leave for Japan. With most of the preparations done we are enjoying a somewhat relaxed time visiting with Terence's friends and family.

As a part of preparing to go to Japan we have had a great time visiting churches to tell them about our ministry there. We met a lot of new people but it was also nice to spend time with old friends. Over the years we have made several friends who are pastoral families. Unfortunately often times Pastors are called to different areas and we don't have a chance to see our friends who are pastor's very often. We visited churches and church groups in Laurel, Mississippi; Decatur, Alabama; Fredrick, Maryland; Scott Depot, West Virginia; Arab, Alabama; Cincinnati, Ohio and Middletown, Ohio. It was difficult leaving our church family at Riverchase but we have learned when you are a part of the family of God you have brothers and sisters in Christ all over the world.

In addition to all of these trips we were able to visit some of Christy's family in Florida and squeeze in a visit to Disney World (thanks to the Give-a-Day volunteer appreciation program). We were also able to take Christy's grandmother with us to Maryland and visit Washington, DC with her.