The Start of Furlough

I have now lived in Kenya 2 years, one month and ten days! =) About three weeks ago I flew back to the US to start my furlough. For those of you that are not familiar with the term furlough, it is a time when missionaries report back to their supporting churches, visit new churches with the hope of gaining new support, and spend time with their families. I had a good flight. It was my first time to fly with British Airways. I arrived in Tulsa excited to be seeing my family. They were not the only ones there to welcome me back. My Pastor and his wife and some of the people from my home church came to surprise me. I was also excited to see my sister and brother-in-law and their kids, Esther, Jonathan, Deborah, Caleb, and Joshua, there as well. I didn’t know when I would see them because of Esther’s chemo schedule, so it was very special to me to see them there at the airport welcoming me back. Esther, her sister and her brothers were holding up a welcome home banner they had made for me with African animals drawn on it. When you think about it please continue to pray for her and the family. They did another scan on her last week and the tumors have doubled in size, again.

Last Sunday I was in a Missions conference up in Kansas. We had a great day of services and I had a wonderful time getting to know the people. I gained several new prayer supports as well as promised monthly financial support from the church. Today I am driving to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to be in a Missions conference at one of my supporting churches.