Break Was Here & There…Literally

How was our break? Well 8 places in less than 4 weeks, no more than 5 days at one place, and even a night in the car was what it looked like. That can some up our “break”, it was an amazing time of seeing family, friends, making new friends, and being encouraged. We left Missouri in the middle of the night to beat a snow storm, headed to Pittsburgh, got to be with Seth’s family for Christmas and to make some good memories with Seth’s sister Jennie and her family. Side note: Praise: Job (our nephew who had a swollen kidney) is doing great! He is so fun and a great baby. Pray for Scott and Jennie as they are still waiting for paperwork to go back into their tribal work. After Pittsburgh, we headed to New Jersey only to re-pack, take a nap and head to Virginia Beach with Nicole’s side of the family. We had a great time with family there and celebrated New Years. It is always great to see family, when we head overseas we might not know when/if the next time we will get to see them. Next, we headed back to NJ so that Seth could work for Nicole’s dad and be with them for a bit before David (Nicole’s brother) went back to Panama. Our family is literally all over the place 🙂 . We then drove back to Pittsburgh to strategize with our home church and Pastor to see how we want to begin planning for our deputation/raising support phase over the summer in order to get overseas as soon as possible! So many details involved in every decision. Then we finished the trip in Indiana at a church there. Seth had the opportunity and privilege to share our ministry vision for the first time. To our pleasant surprise, we welcomed with open arms and encouraged and blessed so greatly once we walked in the doors. The church and the Pastoral staff have such tender hearts and are seeking God’s will for their life as a church. The church is dedicating much time to prayer this year and to be more involved in any way possible in each of their missionaries lives. This church was such an encouragement to start our journey of visiting churches and sharing God’s vision for the unreached. All in all, we did not get “one” alone night together on our whole trip, but it was worth it! We were so blessed and encouraged through the people God has placed in our lives. We cannot even begin to show our gratitude to everyone we met with over our short time being home.