Birthday Full of Blessings
I am a year older and wiser than the last time I wrote. (I know you can tell just by how I expressed myself so eloquently in that opening sentence.) I have lots of great news to share! I'm just not sure where to start... So, I'll work my way backwards from most recent. You may recognize the lovely face of Bri in the picture above. She came to visit me from San Antonio, Texas! She was nervous to travel to tornado alley (I am currently in Carl Junction which is in the southwest corner of Missouri) in the spring, but God kept her safe and the skies clear. For those who don't know Bri, she was my sister-in-arms through the last two years I was in Ecuador, through a pandemic and our missions team imploding and God's beautiful restoration and preservation of his work in Ecuador . It was so fun to share life again for a few days. One day I took her around SW Missouri. The next day I took her to see SE Kansas. And the last day we visited NW Arkansas with my folks. It was a w