As in 5,000 miles traveled, 10 states visited, 7 weeks, 2 blown tires, and 1 great trip!
We arrived back to Visalia Sunday evening after spending the last couple of months on the road. A quick tour of where we were and what we were doing.
Week One: Raising support at an open house in Colorado; celebrating Thanksgiving with Jeff's family; visiting Great Grandma.
Week Two: Began SPLICE training at Missionary Training International (MTI); Great Grandma's funeral
Week Three: 2nd week of SPLICE training, spent an afternoon with Jeff's Uncle Jim and family
Week Four: Began by being 'locked down' (see post; 'Weep with Those Who Weep'), final week of SPLICE training, visiting friends and supporters.
Week Five: Celebrated Christmas with Jeff's family, visited friends and supporters, drove to Arkansas (stopping in Kansas City to visit Tracey's Aunt Ruth, Uncle Terry, and Cousins), flat tire #1 (how else could we have seen the WalMart in Russelville, AR? By the way they have decent fried okra in their deli.).
Week Six: Celebrated Christmas with Tracey's family in AR, Tracey's cousin Joseph's wedding, Looked longingly at several golf courses.
Week Seven: Celebrated the New Year with Tracey's family and our friends the Pittman's (SI - Fiji directors), Support presentation, drove to AZ to visit Tracey's Aunt Janelle, Uncle Phil, and cousins (Stopping in Lubbock Texas to visit Gary and Cinda Smith), flat tire #2 (but west Texas is so beautiful that we are thankful to have been forced to drive 45 mph on the spare 'donut' for about 50 miles, okay we could have done without that, but we are convinced this flat tire is due to the comment made by Jeff the day before of "We better put air in the spare so we don't get stuck in the middle of no where in TX!"), travel home!
All in all a good trip!! We are thankful to have been able to see many family and friends. Thanks to everyone who opened up their homes to us (in 7 weeks we only stayed the first night in a motel! We need to meet someone in St. George Utah!) We are also grateful for the new friendships that were developed at MTI!
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2 comments:
Jeff and Trace -
Thanks for making room for me in that long list of conversations and miles traveled. :) It was a blessing to begin my time at home by talking and sharing with you. Thanks for your insights from MTI that you shared with me. I hope you got the email from my friend Joel who has contacts in Costa Rica (I find myself thinking that was more than conincidental timing). I head back to LT this afternoon, full of thankfulness for people like you who are following a vision larger than their own.
Blessings,
Jen
Hey Guys,
Wow, seven weeks on the road. I'm sure your own beds feel so wonderful.
Can't wait until you all get to CR.
Tara Gornik
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