Wednesday, February 13, 2008

1680 Miles Later...

Well, a full weekend it was! We left PA on Thursday evening and returned Monday afternoon, driving about 1680 miles in the meantime. It seemed that all we did was drive, eat, talk with people, eat, sleep, and eat. There was a little more to it than that.

We headed to Buffalo, IL, where I (B.J.) grew up to visit with old friends and to speak in couple of worship services. In some ways, the weekend was just weird. I'm from Buffalo, but at a crowded basketball game on Friday evening, I knew maybe a dozen people. So it was interesting to feel a bit like a fish out of water. I don't exactly belong there anymore.

At the same time, it was a great opportunity for catching up, though it seemed that our little time passed all too quickly. We counted it a great blessing to be able to share our heart for Spain with people who have known us for years and even decades now, and it's interesting to see how being from a particular town can foster a certain interest and solidarity, as people we'd never met (even in Buffalo) were deeply interested in our call to Spain. Here's a photo of lunch with some friends from Grace Community Fellowship there:

One personally valuable experience was to be with my oldest sister whom I hadn't seen in far too long. Here's a picture of us and then one of her extremely obese cat:

We're thankful now for a bit of a breather before getting back to speaking before and after Holy Week. We're even more thankful for the people God has woven into the patchwork of our lives.

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