When will we see you again?

This is one of the more frequently asked questions we receive when talking to many of you in the US. And indeed, it has been quite a while since we have seen you. It was November or December 2012 the last time that we were in your neck of the woods – Stephan married Natalie at the end of December so we planned our home assignment a bit differently that year.

And now it will be three and a half years since we have seen most of you. Some have been blessed with being able to come over here – visiting a child at school or visiting family and blessing us with a week of fellowship. Thank you! It was great to see you here. Now we are making plans to be back in the States in 2016 – although this time we are also doing things a bit differently.

On the one hand, we want to be able to see more of you and summer is not always the best time. Many of you, just like us, are busy with camp or activities for the church or family in the summer months. We, too, always miss our summer camp weeks in the year that we plan our home assignment. So this year we will be coming a bit earlier, especially since we don’t have to worry about getting our kids out of school. We will be in the US from mid-May to mid-July. This way we are also back here in time for some of our camp weeks.

As always, we are trying to make sure that we have enough time at each stop, hitting family and church family alike. This time we are adding Indiana to the mix and we are also bringing Sean’s friends along for a section of the trip. We hope to be able to spend some time with you and to hear how God is working in your lives. And we would love to share what He is doing here and hear any questions you might have.

Here is the rough schedule for our travels.

May 17 – 25             Arrive in Minneapolis and Woodbury family time

May 26 – June 3       Midwest leg with Muscatine and family in Omaha

June 4 – 12               Family time in Denver and Colorado Springs

June 13 – 22             Texas time (Abilene and DFW area)

June 23 – 29             Family time in Indiana

June 30 – July 4       Sean and friends arrive in Indiana

July 5 – 11                California time (Long Beach, San Diego)

July 12 – 17              Road trip with Sean and friends

July 18-19                 On the way home

This will be the last time for Sean to be on our trips, so we will be taking a short road trip with him. Since his friend and his friend’s father came to the wedding last time, they asked to once again be able to meet people and renew relationships. So they will also be going along for some of the ride. We are looking forward to introducing them to you guys – the family that we love so much and cares so well for us. 

As we get closer to that time, we will send out a more detailed schedule. But let us know if you are going to be in the area and would like to get together. We would love to see you! Praise our Father for the ability and possibility to travel in this way. And let’s continue to serve Him in every way we can each day, whether we are traveling, planning or simply living day to day.