a 4th, a 30something birthday, a couple nice days of fun, and now...

We arrived back into KC two weeks ago. As we pulled off the interstate for our exit here in town, our Pathfinder began to shake... This is of course after nearly two days of driving from Delaware... So, I made the turn onto 63rd street which leads us right to the street that our house is located on, and after I made the turn, there was no shaking. So, I thought, "I guess I must have come off the highway a little too fast.” But that thought was short lived . . .

As we starting to make the turn onto Woodland, our home street, the car began to shake again. I then thought it was a flat from the sound and steering problems I was having. We made it however, up our driveway and halfway into our garage. I jumped out of the car and noticed that it was not a flat tire. So, we turned off the Pathfinder, got Natalie inside, and I unloaded the SUV. After was all said and done, I popped the hood and D grabbed a flashlight and we started looking for the problem. She noticed that one of the belts looked frayed. . . which actually turned out to be our Power Steering belt hanging on by a thread! Yeah, we have to thank all those who were praying for our safety. We made it home, got the belt along with our Alternator belt fixed the next morning at a nearby shop, and then headed to Danielle's OBGYJN appointment.

After this incredible welcome back to KC, we've actually been able to enjoy some beautiful weather, an outdoor Free Movie night (the all-time classic Goonie's) at Crown Center, a couple days with Natalie at the pool and/or Splash Water Park, and a couple Kid's Fest stuff . . . while also digging ourselves out of a ton of work that awaited our return. Yet, the return has also been filled with numerous highlighted surprises like; new windows and doors on our rental home! A great cookout at the Casler’s . . . Thanks for a wonderful night of food, fun, and great talks (oh yeah, and Natalie says thanks for the water games too!).

Of course, the 4Th of July has come and gone, but did you know that there was an additionally important celebration happening that day as well? Yes, the birthday of my best friend, the coolest girl in the world, as well as future mom of two, Danielle (a.k.a. D, Dani, and sometimes "Mama")! It was a cool day in KC, which made it even better and even though it may have been lacking in the gifts area, it was filled with family fun and love- I believe?! :-). We love you D!

Now that we are back and most definitely in the swing of things we however don't want to forget to thank the two churches that we had the privilege of sharing at on our way home from Delaware. First of all thanks again to Crossroads Church of the Nazarene for inviting us again to come and share with a couple of their small groups. We are encouraged by the fellowship & partnership that we have developed and we look forward to sharing even more after our move to Singapore.

We also want to thank our newest partners, the Denton Church of the Nazarene. It was a blessing to not only share with the congregation but to also have been treated to a wonderful luncheon with a great deal of excellent dialogue on the future of missions. We are blessed to have you praying and supporting us and we continue to partner with you in prayer for Denton, MD and the ministry that God has for you there.

Finally, without making this post too long we'd like to leave you with a short list of soon-to-be-taking-place-events;

-Jeremiah is due August 11Th... Please keep D and the baby in your thoughts.
-Speaking engagements in the KC area and in Illinois this July.
-Tim has started helping with worship at the church we are attending in the area.
-Update financial partnership letter to be sent . . .
-Our new home assignment work for World Mission. . . Please pray for strength.

Thanks again for all those who read and subscribe... we are loved more than we realize. So thank you.