Home?

Our biggest news since arriving home in Quito is that Dan and Lizzy got engaged last week! Dan is in an Internal Medicine residency in Tacoma, Washington, and Lizzy is two hours south in a Pediatrics residency in Portland, Oregon. Their future home will be somewhere in between!


August 5th, we left Malawi, where many homes look like this one - it provides basic shelter.

After leaving Malawi, we visited Joshua, Kristen and Cassia Gee in Bradford, England. They are settling in well!

Josh oversees IT security for HCJB Global, and together with Mick Leggett do IT work for several of HCJB Global's regional offices. Josh has to "mind his head" in some parts of the office.










Then, we stopped in Ohio to see family. Our son Tom spent some of his vacation with us there. It was great catching up with him in person.

One day, we drove by Marian's grandparent's old house and saw that it was for sale. The Realtor kindly showed us the house. With 4,448 square feet and a lot of rooms, it was a wonderful place for hide-n-seek with the cousins as kids! As an adult, I see that every room in the house is a work of art, with carefully-crafted details. As beautiful as the house was and is, only being part of our grandparent's family made it home.
The living room in 1962. Marian is the little girl wearing purple.











The foyer and living room today.

"Don't let your heart be troubled. You trust God, now trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father's home, and I am going to prepare a place for you...When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me..." Jesus said that in John 14:1-3. When He talks about home, it isn't just "basic shelter," it's the "lovingly-crafted work of art" kind of home! Still, it will only be our home if we belong to Jesus.

Are you part of Jesus' family? If you aren't sure, please ask Him to be your Savior today; invite Him to be at home in your heart.