The Wheatland Mission

We Are Home ... T-2

We are home and glad to be back. (In spite of the temprature which is a bit different than the very comfortable Portland clime.) Our plane landed at about 1:00 AM Tuesday morning in Kansas City. We stayed a few hours at the Smith's (Calana's sister) and then returned to Wichita yesterday afternoon. It is good to be back with the kids and back home.

We want to thank all of you who helped out with kids, dog feeding (and cooling) and all else. Calana and I had a wonderful trip. We missed being here for church Saturday night but we enjoyed worship at Beaverton Christian Church where my cousin Laurin is the worship minister.

Laurin and I are 1st cousins but grew up much like brothers. While I am sad that he lives so far away I must confess I am glad he lives in such a cool destination. Laurin and Sheri, his wife, have two children, Graham (7) and Claire (4). The whole family is included in the picture below. They were with us at the airport and saw us off.



Laurin does a splendid job leading worship and coordinates a very large music ministry including a choir, more than one worship team and band, along with an orchestra. BCC is a church of about 2200. No small task. Sheri and Laurin were wonderful hosts and took us all around the Portland area. It was an honor to get to worship Saturday night without responsibilities and under Laurin's very capable leadership. It was a good time all around.

posted by The Wheatland Mission @ 2:23 PM