On the road again...

I left Colorado Springs on Saturday the 22nd, and drove to Bowie, TX, home of BBTI.  BBTI is the linguistic school that I attended in 2009.  They keep apartments open for missionaries traveling through, so I got to stay there and visit with Immanuel Baptist Church in Decatur, TX.  This is a home away from home for me.  Those folks sure seem to love me!
While I was there I got to visit with Billie Sloan and her son and daughter-in-law, David and Jolene.  I have great admiration for this woman, who has served as a missionary almost all her life.  Her husband was a pediatrician, and all of her 8 children serve the Lord in some capacity.
I got to each lunch with Pastor and Mrs. Horton and the Sloans, and dinner with Earnie and Raylinda Flores, future missionaries to Mexico.  These are some of my many prayer warriors!
Today, the 24th, I drove from Bowie to Tyler, TX and plan to hit the road for Chattanooga, TN tomorrow.  Thanks for praying for my safety.

Great dinner

Friday evening Joanna, our church secretary, had a great Mexican pizza dinner for me and the ladies of Timberline Baptist Church.  It was a joy to fellowship with them once more.  I had forgotten how much we laugh when we're together.  Thanks Joanna and Mrs. Jackson for all your effort and for the really good food!  Thanks to everyone that came in order to visit with me.  I really missed Mexican food while I was in France.
Last week I went to lunch at Uwe's with Terry, a friend and former coworker.  I absolutely love this restaurant - all the food is German. 
While in Colorado Springs, I'm staying with a family from church, the Hughes.  She's Filipino, so guess who got to eat pancit and lumpia??
I sure appreciate all this good food.  It's so much better than eating my own cooking! 

Preparing for the Coast

I got back to the States after a year in language school in Albertville, France on December 19, 2010.  I'm in Colorado Springs, CO now doing the paperwork to get visas to Ghana and Ivory Coast.  Why Ghana?  The Ivory Coast is having a little political turmoil right now, and I don't want to wait in the States until everything settles down.  The goal is to leave mid-February, but I don't have a specific date yet. 
Stay tuned for more information!