Catch-Up Post

As promised....

We started the month of November in Olympia, Greece. As you may already know, Olympia is the birthplace of the "Olympic" Games. Wow....it was an awesome place and well worth the 4 hour drive.

Thanksgiving came and went. In the past, we've met with other missionary or American families to celebrate. Not this year. We used the day to see Epidavros. It's an ancient amphitheater built 400 years before Christ. It was an awesome experience. On our way home, we ate our "Thanksgiving" meal at a traditional Greek restaurant. We had grilled chicken skewers, Greek salad with feta cheese, olives, fried potatoes seasoned with oregano, and fried cheese. To top it off, the owner provided us with a huge plateful of fresh oranges on the house. Wow, it was a delicious meal and we were stuffed!!!

After Thanksgiving, we started preparing for our furlough. It will be here before we know it. Our flight leaves on December 10. We will land in Indianapolis and spend Christmas with my family. On the day after Christmas, we will travel to Tennessee to spend time with Brandie's parents. We are so excited as this will be our first Christmas in the U.S. since 2003 and it will be the girls' first Christmas in the U.S. period. Hopefully we will have a white Christmas!!!

I apologize for ignoring this blog. We've been so busy and we look forward to a nice Christmas season. We will keep you updated promptly from now on.

As for our immediate plans, as we said before...we will spend Christmas and New Year's with family. In January, we will start our traveling to report to our supporting churches and also visit some new churches in order to raise some more financial support.