Travels

Hi! Loved Ones,

Well after a month of travels I am back home.

What a month it has been.

My month started out by traveling out to Frontier School of the Bible to ride home with Hannah. After a trip through Colorado and several mishaps along the way after I arrived, I was finally able to enjoy meeting several of Hannah's friends parents, going to graduation and traveling back home on Saturday with Hannah in her old trust worthy car! I made great memories during this short time and look forward to the next couple of years that Hannah has at FSB.

We then turned around in less than 24 hours and began our trip to Iowa to see Jon's mom. She is doing well at age 84 and has been leading a Stonecroft Bible Study at her assisted living. While visiting her we had the chance to lead a afternoon hymn sing for the people living there. They so appreciated us giving of our time and we enjoyed getting to know them better. At the end of the week we headed for Missouri to attend a family dinner in honor of my nephew Michael's High School Graduation. We left Hannah there to celebrate with my family and drove to Kansas City to Jon's brother Dave's place to spend the night so we could catch our flight to Portland on Sunday morning.

Our trip to Oregon went smooth. We made all of our connections and were picked up at the airport and driven to Dallas, OR. We had dinner with some of our friends and then went back to the apartment we were staying in to prepare for VM candidate school.

The candidate school went well. I so enjoyed going back through it again. It was a great refresher course after 14 years in ministry. The candidate couples were great. Such sweet spirits amongst them. We also enjoyed working along side of the VM staff as we presented the work of VM to theses dear people. The interviews were done on Friday evening and that was the close of the school. During the week, Jon enjoyed connecting with his former missions instructor who serves as a visitation pastor at a local church and also a retired VM who is a Grace School of the Bible graduate.

Saturday we drove up the Pacific coast highway to Cannon Beach. My grandmother use to attend a Bible Conference every year there, so it was fun to see where those were held. We also ate some fresh seafood and spent time gazing at the ocean and walking on the beach. What a refreshing day after a busy week. Sunday we attended church and then met some dear friends who we hadn't seen in 10 years. It felt like it was just yesterday as we picked up where we left off and enjoyed an afternoon of visiting.

Monday we flew home and Tuesday drove to Red Cloud. Now we are back in the saddle again and trying to adjust to the time zone changes all over!

As I was thinking about all that I have done this past month, I found myself thinking over and over about the peace only Jesus can give us. At every situation He proved himself faithful. Resting in His peace has given me confidence that He has everything under control. So as I enter this next few weeks and the busy schedule it will entail, I know I can turn to Jesus and seek His peace in every situation. What refreshment that brings to my weary soul.

Blessings,

Deb