Travels!

School is finished for the summer, and coursework forever (at least for this degree).  As promised, we took off from Indiana the day after I (Ginny) turned in my last assignment.  Our friend Corrie drove up from New Mexico to help us move.  We managed to fit most of our stuff into the two cars, and took off across the country.

We arrived in New Mexico May 22nd, and have been enjoying ourselves visiting friends & family and being back in the Southwest!!  No more of this Midwestern business, at least for the foreseeable future.

Highlights of our past couple weeks include: Stephen's sister's (Laura's) wedding, catching up with friends, meeting some new folks, and hiking/camping around Mesa Verde.

As for our travels to Sudan go, we have our full support pledged!  Most of that is in-hand, but some is still coming in through monthly gifts.  This is a huge blessing in the very short time we've been raising money.  We know some generous people!  ALL the support we've gotten has been great - a number of people have not been able to give financially, but are faithfully praying for us.  We're still looking to leave the US June 17th from Newark, but still waiting for our tickets to be issued...  The British Airways strike has delayed that, but we've been told they should be issued by Monday, so we'll see.  We are looking forward to greeting you all from Kenya in just two weeks!

And now to leave you with some pictures...

 

Laura and James Holland, with attendants

Camping in the San Juan National Forest, near Mesa Verde

Geology of Mesa Verde!  Yes, reading it while I walked - I had to know what was going on around me!

Us at Mesa Verde