Busy time in Lee's Summit

We are having a great time here at our "home away from home."  We flew in from California on Tuesday and were treated to dinner (at our favorite pizza place) by my brother and sister-in-law.  It was a nice time of catching up with them as they are going to be out of town for most of the rest of the time we are here.

One of the main reasons we came back was so that Stephen could have two procedures (colonoscopy and an EGD.)  He had both of them yesterday morning and, thankfully, the results from both were normal and we are praising God.

Last night we had dinner with two of Stephen's brothers, David and Michael/Denise.  Tomorrow his third brother, Mark and his wife, Tonia, are driving up from Oklahoma.  With everyone's busy schedules, it is normally impossible to get all four of them together, so we take what we get.

We don't have Internet access where we are staying, so blog updates will continue to be sporadic while we are here.  

Eating, but not necessarily healthy eating

We've been eating, eating, eating since we landed in Kansas City on Monday night, which isn't really a good thing.  However, we have enjoyed spending time over breakfast, lunch and dinner with family and friends.

Here's the list so far:

Jumpin' Catfish with my dad
La Fuente with the Yallaly's
Egg and I with Sheryl 
Don Chilitos with the Rhoades
Spin Pizza with Stephen
Hereford House with David and Michael (two of Stephen's brothers and wives)
Joe's KC BBQ with Mark and David (two of Stephen's brothers and wives)

There are still breakfasts, lunches and dinners to come!  

Denise, Michael, me and Stephen
(Hereford House)

David, Mandy and Haley
Hereford House

Me, Stephen, Mark and Tonia
(Joe's Kansas City BBQ)

Time in Kansas City

The last official day of the campaign with the Christ Chapel Bible Church youth was Friday, July 18.  When the team headed to the beach for the day, we headed to the airport to catch our flight to Kansas City.  Unfortunately for us, there were storms along the east coast so, even though we had no problems getting into Houston, our flight to KC was delayed two hours--11:00 p.m. arrival into KC instead of 9:00 p.m.  Originally, my dad was going to pick us up at the airport, but I'm so glad we changed it.  I can't image how he would have handled the two hour delay--probably would have tried to sleep in his car in the KCI parking lot.  By the time we got to Lee's Summit it was after midnight, but we still managed to talk to the Guenthers for an hour or so before we crawled into bed.

Stephen and two of his brothers worked in a game of golf on Saturday afternoon and then we all went out to dinner (minus Michael and Denise.)  

We went to the traditional 8:00 a.m. service at Abundant Life on Sunday morning and then on Sunday afternoon we drove to Topeka to visit with Jeff and Paula Rhoades.  It was great to go to church with them and see their home/town.

Stephen drove to Marshall early (5:00 a.m.) Monday morning to have breakfast and play golf with Michael.  In the afternoon, he stopped to see our friend, Kimberly Kelley in Seymour, Missouri, and pick up a Peruvian drum for our church in Guatemala City.  Kimberly tried to bring it to Guatemala in June, but the airlines wouldn't let her carry it on.  We're going to put in a box and check it as luggage.  Hopefully, it will make the trip safely.

He also managed to find time to play the piano and give her brothers a quick lesson.

He's spent the last two days visiting his parents in West Plains while I've filled my time with various annual doctor and dentist appointments.  Our son, Jon, flew in on Monday night so I've been able to spend some time with him, too.