Terry and I are now in the states. We are enjoying the
grandchildren, seeing family and friends and just relaxing. We had a great
flight back with no problems. While waiting for our flight out of Atlanta to
Dayton was annoyed at the news on the TV. A year without knowing what the
weather is going to be and who might or might not be the president was nice. We
have news in Loja but we just don’t understand it yet. Weather is unimportant
news in Loja. No one lives their lives around it. They live their lives in it.
When we
walked into the airport parking lot I saw the trees and open space and thought
to myself, God help me hate this place. There is not a lot of open space or
trees in Loja. On arrival to Renee’s home we found that we needed to make an
appointment with an eye doctor because Terry had been seeing big bees while
walking in Quito. They were following him around in Dayton. He had a torn
retina and we had to have that fixed. Then we got a call that the air-conditioner
in our home we are renting may have to be replaced. God was helping me not like
this place.
It has been good to be able to share the work that we are
doing with churches and friends. Pray that we will get all the support for the
next year of service. Pray for our family as there are some major decisions that
have to be made. Pray that we are able to get all the school curriculum
that we need to take back with us. Bottom line pray for us.
So far I have been able to cross off some of the things on my
Bucket list.: Long soak in bathtub, buy bathing suit, Sonic Strawberry Shake, trip
to thrift store, eat barbeque lays chips, lemon heads, and drink Dr. Pepper and
cuddle with my lambs.
