Only 3 more days!

Our time here is almost over! There will be a commissioning service for everyone on Wednesday afternoon and then a reception. We have made some wonderful friends that will be serving all over the world, and we've enjoyed swapping prayer cards with all of them!


Linn Allee Donaldson

We've had another great week as we met up with several old friends. My best friend from high school and a bridesmaid at our wedding, Linn Allee Donaldson, drove down from the Washington, DC area to spend Saturday afternoon with me. I have not seen her since 1988-89! She looked great and it was sooooo good to get caught up on her news. Linn was always my alter ego; she always did and said things I wish I had nerve to do!


Jerry and Jenny Jones

We ate Sunday lunch with good friends from our seminary days, Jerry and Jenny Jones, that we have not seen since 1984 when we were here at ILC the first time around. Jenny and I used to walk our babies, Kari and her son Logan, around the seminary campus when they were just months old. Jenny's father used to pastor First Baptist Church of Marietta when Glenn was a little boy, so Glenn and Jenny go way back! Jerry was instrumental in our original call to the mission field when he invited us to teach at Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly during Foreign Missions Week back in 1983. It was while we were teaching middle schoolers at Ridgecrest that we heard God's call to serve Him in Ivory Coast.


Marc and Charity Verlander

When our daughter, Kari was here at ILC for training before going as a Journeyman to Senegal, she met Marc and Charity Verlander who were also going out as Journeymen. We met them for the first time when we were in Richmond, VA for our Candidate Conference last May. They came out to ILC this week to take part in the Contingency Training that we had Monday through Wednesday.

Well, only 3 more days here. As we finish our last papers and assignments, we are beginning to breathe a little more freely and actually have some "free" time. Cile likes to spend hers out in the living area, chit chatting with the other ladies.


Finished with his assignments, Glenn picks out a tune

Glenn, however, is an introvert and prefers to practice some tunes on his strumstick. He is doing really well with it, and even led us in music this morning during our small group worship time! He is working hard on learning some Christmas carols so that he can play during our family get-togethers at Christmas. Our daughter, Kari, has also taken up the strumstick (music runs in our family) so you might want to look for Kari and her Dad to put out a music CD in a few years. (Would you be interested in a piece of land in the Okeefenokee for sale?)

We thank you for your prayers during these past 7 weeks here, but please don't stop! Pray that God will take care of our house in Marietta that is still for sale. Pray for our families as we spend our last 2-3 weeks with them. Pray for our visas to Hungary to arrive before January 7th so that we can depart as scheduled. We appreciate your prayers so much!