Catching up with friends

The last couple of weeks have been a flurry of activity and travel. We drove to Waco to visit with the Shrocks. Seeing them again was the beginning of some wonderful reunions with friends from Memphis. Chris and Danielle are both Baylor doctoral students. We were neighbors in Memphis, and are almost related! Chris is close friends with some relatives of the Whaley family. We always enjoy our Shrock time and are glad to have a few more visits with them while we are state-side and residents of Texas.
Here's our Baylor Bears:


Our next reunion was with Danny and Katie. They are also expecting their first child, also a girl, in early September. They just got back from a survey trip to Angola, Africa. We really enjoyed visiting with them and hearing about their trip and future plans. They have been passionate about Angola for a long time. It was a target mission field for them even before the country was open! God has answered their prayers and provided visas for two visits there already, but especially for teammates. Amazing.

Following their visit and after learning that the arrival of our child was not about to happen any day soon - the doctor gave us the okay to travel to Dallas for the Global Missions Conference. We were able to see our entire team. What a great reunion. And lots of dear friends from Memphis. My heart felt full to overflowing with thankfulness that we could be there and spend time with our friends.

Corey put together a great Aussie Mission Booth:


Dinner with our team and the Hartmans:


Katie and Ileene:


And we ended the activity with a test to see how baby Girl was doing. She seems to ace these tests. We are so proud.