Parting is such sweet sorrow...

Dec. 19th through January 3rd

We had an amazing trip home for the holidays! We had great flights to and from Kentucky (Thank you Southwest Airlines for doing a great job!) We traveled around to Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and then back to Kentucky for New Year's celebration. We got to see friends and family. We didn't get to see Jamie, Jerry's brother from Charlotte, NC. We missed you this year Jamie! We just had a wonderful time. It was wonderful to again be in the fellowship of our home church and to speak with everyone. I really had a great time. It was, if anything, too busy. I didn't get a whole lot of time to spend with any one person, but it was still wonderful.

It was great to speak to those of you who are supporting our mission. It was nice to have an interested audience to hear as we droned on about what it is like here and the work we do and what we have learned about the Navajo people. Thank you for letting us share!

The New Year brought a lot of decision times for us. We are deciding whether we will be renewing our commitment to Navajo Trails for another year. Please keep that in your prayers.

Thank you to Mark & Tammy and especially to Emily who let us sleep in her bed! And to Norma (Jerry's Mother) for having us into her home and for taking care of us, even though she was not feeling well! I hope you are feeling better now. Thank you to Johnny & Barbara for having us in their home. We are so thankful to have such a loving family, that we can crash there for days and not feel like we are in the way.

The night before we left to come, I admit that I broke down and cried. We had a gathering at Tammy's home and when all the people left, I realized I would not see them for another long while. I broke down and cried and Jerry held me and let me know that everything is okay. Abby & Kelcy had a hard time leaving as well. But more about that later...