Mexico

He left Friday for Mexico. Hope everything goes well as I will not hear from him until next Sunday. This is he in his official Mexico mission trip shirt. I really don't like the ideal of being separated and not knowing how things are going!
As for me I'm sure I will be busy. For starters Deb and I went to Branson for a few days and saw some shows and did the outlet shopping thing.

Award

Today I received a package from The Pathway, a magazine for Missouri Baptists, and in it was a framed certificate for the pic that I took of the church after the tornado. (Okay let me crow while I can. ) They called me a free-lance photographer. Wow! The top pic is the one the award is for.
Things are going slow on the building of the church. So few of the members are helping. Gene, my cousin, and Arlin are the die-hards. I realize the congregation is small but a couple of men can not do it all. And by the way these 2 are the oldest and do more and are there every day.

Congrats Sara!

Sara climbed to the summit of Mt Rainier... this mountain is so majestic. She succeeded with another of her goals---not sure what will be next.

back in MO

We arrived home last Sunday evening. Our "bestest" friends left us after spending a week together. (They returned home early because of an emergency.) Then we met up with Marv and Judy in Cody, WY, spending time in Yellowstone with them. Had a great trip!

Now he is helping with the building of the Baptist church in Crosstown. Our church has volunteered for the next 2 weeks. Lots of help is needed and not sure where it will come from. Prayers are needed as they rebuild. (I took this pic of the building while standing in the "old" parking lot directly across the road.)
Then he will be leaving for a mission trip to Mexico.

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Here are a few pics from the last few days. This is our setup in Medicine Bow NF. The little tent is not a "dog house" for the guys it is actually the outside shower. The next one is our campsite in Casper, Sam's parking lot. There were no campsite available that night we counted 21 units when we left that morning. And of course he had to split wood on this trip.

Cody, WY

At this time we are sitting at a campground in Cody waiting for Marv and Judy. They left MO yesterday afternoon and are meeting us here tomorrow then on into Yellowstone.