July started with Angie and I on our little trip (I say little, realize that it was about 3000 miles) to the Northwest. We were going to visit some churches and see some sites. We also read a couple of books together while on the road. We drove 29 hours roughly, across Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Minnesota, Idaho, and arrived at Spokane, Washington. We visited in the services of a church there and made some good friends, and reconnected with others. The following day we drove to Walla Walla, WA, were we stayed in the home of the Emry's for the week. We shared Wednesday in Hermington, OR, and then Thursday in Walla Walla. We were able to help them hand out flyers for their church and also enjoyed spending July 4th with them and their family.
We really enjoyed our week with them. We headed out Saturday to drive over to Olympia and share with a church there Sunday morning, followed by Aloha, OR that evening. Monday the 7th, we started the trip back home driving through the Columbia River Gorge, which is a beautiful drive. We stopped just before arriving at Yellowstone National Park and spent the night. We are thankful for the generosity of people, the whole two weeks, we only had to pay for three hotel rooms. Tuesday morning we made a rushed trip through Yellowstone, after the Grand Canyon, one of the most beautiful places in the world, at least from my point-of-view. We stopped at a few sites and grabbed some souvenirs for the kids. (Clothes - which is always a souvenir that I like getting for the kids because...hey, they always need clothes anyways right).
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Arianna meets a cousin for the
first time. |
We left Yellowstone, headed for Denver, CO, where we stayed and had a good visit with my aunt. The headed for the long drive back to TX. Along the way we stopped for Wednesday night services in Abilene, where were had a God arranged visit. We picked a church at random and ended up that one of the members attended the church that my grandfather planted in Ayer, Massachusetts. Amazing! We made it safely back to TX and to the kids, who were waiting with stories of how they had been spoiled by the grandparents. The following Saturday, 12th, we had a reunion of Angie's family. There were over fifty present. That following Sunday we visited two churches in Austin. Then rushed to meet my sister to pick up two of her kids and get them and Lilia back in time to head off to Teen Camp with our church. While Lilia was gone, we spoke at at Ladies meeting in Tatum, TX and a church in Jasper, TX. The following Sunday we visited with two churches in Shelbyville and then drove straight back to Hillsboro, where we would be leaving for church camp as a family. Along with 30 other kids. Angie and I drove the two church vans which was a fun experience.
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| Our group. |
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| Playing night basketball. |
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| Caleb won third place in Chess. |
After camp, things slowed down for a little bit. We still visited in three more churches before finished out July. We tried to give a hand and stay cool. God bless, JASON
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| Over 100 degrees at 11 am. |
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| Helping my Dad build a bunk bed. |
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