Most importantly of all, we continue to see how faithful and good God is – even if we do not always see it at the time. Our trip over was safe, albeit NOT uneventful. We saw an airport in Frankfurt wityhout any chairs to sit on (with a three hour wait), things on our flight not quite as planned (but a safe trip!) and some short worries in the middle of our trip when we were somehow put on “standby” (even though we had bought our tickets months in advance). Still, as mentioned, God is still God and we arrived safely at got into bed after a good 25 hour trip.
The very next morning, after about 7 hours of sleep, the ‘boys’ got up to go discgolfing! There was no way they were going to pass this opportunity up. Some great brothers from the church in MN know all the courses around the city (there are a lot of them – and they are all free!), so for the next few hours we walked around a park throwing frisbees into metal baskets. You may think it sounds very interesting, but we had a great time! (and if you DO think it sounds interesting and live in Europe, we need to get together and see what we can do about it!).
Shirley in the meantime went for morning coffee with our host and stopped by a rummage sale or two on the way back. One of the things that we are always so thankful for on these trip are the more than giving hearts of t=all the people we stay with. Dale and Vicki Hawley have us at their home – even though their kids are around, half of the band (from one of their sons) is still living in the basement and summers are prime time to end up with visitors passing through. This family is willing to help out however they can. What a blessing!
We are working up to the 4th of July – which for us tends to be forgotten, since no one in Europe celebrates it of course (the 4th of July is ‘Independence Day’) – but the town we are staying in also has their ‘Booster Days’ which end with fireworks. We went out to the river beach Sunday evening (along with most of the families of Hudson, WI) to watch the spectacle. It was fun to see all the families out together and to hear our boyus laughing the whole time. We were all very tired that evening and have slept well the last several nights.
This week we are still in Minnestoa, visiting with families here, getting to know more brothers and sisters. Isn’t it great that as Christians we have such a large family! I have said it many times before but will reiterate here once again: when you are traveling – anywhere, MAKE the effort, PLAN to meet with your brothers and sisters in Christ. It is such a blessing to see how God is working all over the world and to get to know your family. What a wonderful family God has placed us in!
Next week we will be moving on to Muscatine, IA. In the meantime, check out some of our pictures here once I get a chance to load some pictures.
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