June 26, 2009
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles…
Okay…so no trains, but I couldn’t resist the movie plug. We wanted to give a quick update of our current developments.
As of planes, we have officially booked our flight to Amsterdam. This was very exciting for us and just continues to make everything a reality. I just have to dote on my wife for a little bit here. She did a lot of research on plane tickets and found a fantastic deal. I am really proud of her. Now, just continue to pray for all the rest of the details we have to get done (i.e. selling cars, finding a place for all our stuff, etc).
As of automobiles, we just completed our final road trip last weekend. We got to speak at The Vine in Oklahoma City at their Sunday morning service to tell them about what God has laid on our hearts regarding missions and ministry. It was a great blessing and we were very encouraged by the response of that church. God is doing great work through that congregation and it was great to hear Treb Praytor preach again. It definitely felt like old times in some ways. Thank you, Treb and the Vine, for inviting us to share with all of you. It was great to see you, Praytors!
Also, we got to make a stop in Spearman, TX on our way to Oklahoma City to spend time with one of our favorite families, the Schoenhals. Just in case you know Mickey and Reagan and didn’t know their newest news, they have a beautiful baby boy, Beckett (whew, that was a lot of “B” words). He is smiling, cooing, and mastering the art of being cute. It was so much fun to see our great friends being parents. Beckett is truly blessed to have such a great mom and dad. Mickey can definitely do some dead on impressions of his son (hilarious).
I can’t forget to mention how wonderful it was to see my other set of “parents” one more time before we go. We love you, Mark and Margy!
Finally, I am writing this post in Fargo, ND right now. We are getting some wonderful time with Jess’ family. Just one more of a few more trips we plan to make before heading out (did that sentence make sense…oh well).
Okay, that’s all for now. Love you guys!
So that all may know,
Billy and Jess.
