Retreat in Turkey

Angie caught this hummingbird in our front yard.

Angie and I at the mineral formations in Hierapolis. (Micah
wondered why the snow didn't melt)

Arianna and I walk through the cascading water.

The boys enjoy one of the pools.

They don't seem to be admiring the view.

Angie at the ruins of Laodecia.

Well, we did not stay back in France for long, not long enough to get over jet lag.  After some frantic unpacking and packing, we left for the airport in Marseille at 2:30 Sunday morning.  We we made it to the airport and two planes later was in Ismir, were we met some good friends from Kenya, and boarded a bus for the city near there to spend the night.  We enjoyed seeing all of our missionary friends there.  In the morning we all caught a bus for a 3 hour ride to Pamakkale (Hierapolis). The retreat was excellent, great preaching, fellowship, and teaching.  I enjoyed sharing with the men in one session.  The kids had a great time in VBS, swimming, and playing with their friends.  The food was good, and we finally got caught up after jet lag.  We did take a touristy tour of ancient Hierapolis, with its hot (more like warm) baths and formations.  It was very beautiful as we scaled the mountain of running water, kids playing all the way.  After sad goobyes we again headed back to France.  A couple of flights and long lines found us in Brussells with a 7 hour layover, where I mentioned to Angie that we had never lost a bag with all our travels and that we were probably over due.  Later arriving in Marseille, we solved that statistical problem, when Angie's bag did not arrive. Hopefully they will get it back to us soon.  We are one again unpacking and preparing for the first day of school on Monday and the Raburns visiting with us.  I will pick them up in Barcelona tomorrow, and attend services there.  God bless, JASON 



They must have a lot of kids.

Kids sing on the their VBS songs.

Back in France

Saying goodbyes at the Dallas airport.

Saturday we had a get together at my Grandmothers house.
All but 5 members of the family made it.

Our time in the States finished well.  The last two weeks we visited family and friends and 3 churches.  I really enjoyed catching several services at the church where I grew up and where my father was preaching a revival.  I also was able to attend the opening day ceremony at TBI, the seminary I attended.  We spent our last Sunday with our sending church, I preached the morning message.  It has been great to reconnect with them.  We spent Monday and Tuesday morning, either packing or shopping. Tuesday before we left we celebrated Arianna's 2nd birthday.  We then headed out to the airport for our flight to Dallas.  The flight went well, although the kids did not sleep much.  Arianna did well, except for a moment when she threw up what seemed like the three days worth of food on me.  We both had extra clothes so no big problem.  We were blessed to have purchased our tickets through British Airways, which give pastors and missionaries and extra bag.  So  we carried 20 bags with no extra fees.  We had a 5 hour layover in London.  Micah and Caleb slept most of that time.  It was a short 2 hour flight to Toulouse where our friends met us at the airport.  We made the journey back home without any problems.  The house was spotless and the Pastor's wife in Carcassonne, had prepared a meal for us.  We got everything inside, ate, and slept off and on until noon.  I did some shopping and running around and then we spent the rest of the day unpacking.  Today we will try to get the kids school supplies.  We will be leaving Sunday for the International Missionary Retreat, put on by our good friends, Lynn and Brenda Raburn (www.lynnraburn.com).  It will be in Turkey this year.  Have a good day and get some good sleep for us.  God bless, JASON

Arianna enjoyed getting to know Angie's parents better.

Arianna now two years old. 

A slower week.

Still spending a lot of time on the road.

Arianna fell asleep standing up.

Andrew and I mow my grandmothers yard.



My Dad with two of his granddaughters. . .
. . Arianna and Naomi.

After revival services we enjoyed a weekend in Mississippi at my Aunt's church.  We had a good time and I even played some basketball before leaving. We took it easy the next week.  Took care of some shopping and visiting with some old friends and some family get toghethers.  We just had another good weekend in College Station, Texas.  Tommorrow we are going to the beach with my sister and her kids.  Our kids never remember swimming in the gulf of Mexico. All they remeber is the cold water of the Medditeranean. I'm looking forward to re-inroducing them to warm water (water temp. is around mid 80's F).  We have just over a week before we head back to France.  God bless, JASON

New York City

Here we are at the Alamo.

At the Statue of Liberty, you can tell that
 Caleb was not feeling well.

The New World Trade Center is almost complete.

Time Square.



The Boys wash their feet in one of our hotels.

We had good travels these last couple of weeks.  The first Sunday after church camp, we had an apointment in San Antonio.  It was our first time to visit with the church there and we had a good time meeting the people.  After services we stopped by and saw the Alamo, which was a first for all of us.  It was nice to see such a piece of Texas history.  I met a french couple while I was there and had a good talk with them.  We returned to Henderson that night and then left the next morning for New York.  We stopped to pick up a rental van, and when we arrived, they did not have on available.  All they had was a 7 passenger SUV, which did not have enough room.  Thankfully God worked things out, and with just a short 30 minute wait, a van was avaiable for us.  We had a good drive to New York.  We took it easy this part of the trip, we spread the 25 hour drive over three days.  We stopped early and found hotels, where the kids could swim and watch the Olympics.  We arrived at New York City Wednesday evening.  We found the hotel no problem and got settled in.  We even enjoyed some authentic NYC pizza. The morning we woke up and hopped on the subway to see some sites.  We saw the new World Trade Center building, the 9-11-01 Memorial Site, we took the ferry over the see the Statue of Liberty.  After seeing the Statue of Liberty we were pretty tired out.  We headed back to the hotel and had some supper.  I went to pick up supper with Lilia and Caleb, we grabbed some chicken and side dishes and then stopped by a small store on the corner to get some paper plates.  Lilia and Caleb were waiting by the door with the food as  I went in and bought the plates.  The told me later that two guys walked out and one said to the other "Do you know Jason Clark?" To which the other guy responded, "Yes I went to high school with him."  I thought that that was wierd.  Just a coincidence or was one of my high school classmates living in NY?  After supper I took Caleb and Lilia to see Times Square all lit up.  They next day we headed to see some friends staying near Boston.  On the way we drove by Central Park.  The drive up to Massacheusetts was long and there was a lot of traffic.  We arrived in time to have supper with our friends the Columbines. We went to language school with them and had to separate to our different fields of labor, so we really enjoyed the visit even though it was short.  That next morning we drove over the Mercer, Pennsylvania for our Sunday appointent.  We had a great time in Mercer Pennsylvania.  We enjoyed the time with the church and visiting with the pastor and his family.  We had long 19 hour drive back home, but we did take a moment for a Doctors appointment.  The kids had been sick on and off during this trip, in particular Caleb, who had a cough that had lingered for a while.  We found out that he had Bronchitis, and got some antibiotics for him.  We had an uneventful drive home, it ended up being about 24 hours straight, but Angie and I took turns and got through it without problems.  We made it back in time for the revival services that I am preaching at Walnut Street, our sending church.  We are having a great time.  God bless, JASON



This Nissan Quest was our vehicule for the trip.

Church Camps

Our group at Bogg Springs.

Lilia passed the ropes course and waits to do the zip line.



Arianna got sleepy at camp but she did well.

We had a really good time at church camp that last two weeks.  First we attended Bogg Springs in Arkansas with a group of 11 from our church, including Lilia.  It was our first time to attend this camp and we had a good time meeting new people, as well as getting to know the teens from our church better.  The second weeek we attended Pine Springs camp, a camp I attended since I was a kid.  This time our whole family went making a total of 22 from our church that attended.  I had a great time reconnection with old friends.  I helped in music, teaching, and preaching, and handled the basketball tournament.  There were 20 who accepted Christ as their Savior!  We are back in Hillsboro for a short break, we will be heading down for an appointment Sunday in San Antonio, and we will visit Angie's little brother on the way.  Monday we will head out for a long journey to the North East.  Enjoy some pictures from Church camp.  God bless, JASON



Preaching at Pine Springs.

Leading the childrens choir at Pine Springs.  You can see Lilia,
Caleb and Micah.

Halfway through July

Hanging out at Angie's brother's house.

My family all together.

Hanging out at my little sister's house.

We enjoyed spending the 4th of July with my younger sister and her family.  We watched the fireworks from their church parking lot.  We were able the following days to see Angies grandmother, her parents, an uncle, and her older brother.  Sunday morning we visited with a church in Tyler and that evening in Longview.  Monday we headed over to my parents and spent a week visiting with them and also my sisters.  We had a house full, the first time in a while that we were all together.  We are spending today at our home church.  Tomorrow we will head out for church camp with the teenagers from the church.  I am looking forward to getting to know them better.  Church camp means also that I will be "un-connected" for the next week.  God bless, JASON

At the zoo.

Going to and fro

Arianna has no fear about jumping into the pool.

Micah and Andrew show off their wrinkled hands.

Us with the Manary Family.

The Taylors eating with us (not pictured are their 5 kids,
and our 5).

Well we have been travelling all over since the ABA meeting.  After the ABA meeting and the following Sunday appointments, we spent a few days in Henderson, visiting with family.  We also had a great surprise as the Manary family, missionaries in Romania, were in town as well.  We hung out together for a few days and then headed to North Little Rock, Arkansas, and spent the day with the Raburns, our mentors and ministry parents in a sense.  From there we travelled down to Monticello and spent a few days with the Taylor family, missionaries in Kenya, who were heading back soon.  We enjoyed spending time with them and even had the chance to help them pack up a container.  From there we travelled back through North Little Rock and on to Henderson were we had two appointments that went real well.  We were able to see the baptism of one of my cousins as well.  This week we are once again visiting with the Manary family.  And we are also helping Dad work on the house some.  This Wednesday is July 4th, Independence Day, and we will be going to church with my sister and enjoying fireworks afterwards.  God bless, JASON. 



The kids enjoy attending Vacation Bible School at one of our stops.