Some of you have been asking how our trip was, or even if we were still on it, so we figured we'd better get with the program and let you know how it went!
It was an answer to prayer: Zeke did very good in the car on this trip. We were gone for almost 2 weeks this time...he even made the last 7 hour leg (almost a miracle!) Hooray!
Our first stop: Conyers, GA...hm, I guess we forgot about the camera until we hit AL! Oops! We saw some old friends (the Pastor and his family who used to be the Spang's Pastor in England!) in Georgia. We had a great time, their daughter said Zeke even looks like me (she's my newest
"best friend" haha!) :)
We also had the privilege of sharing a meal with Jeffrey's Uncle and family!
Our next stop:
This gentleman lead Jeffrey's Dad to the Lord back at Beale AFB in CA, almost 30 years ago. Wow, the influence that people have...God used him to share, and now Jeffrey's whole family is saved.
We bought our van in April of last year at 98,000 miles. As you can see we have gotten good use out of it so far!!
Next stop (not-so) warm...
Snow in FL? Nope, that is the beautiful white beaches of Panama City Beach!
We enjoyed flying an airplane shaped kite for a few minutes too.
Wow, you should see some of the houses around that area, this one was kind of Flintstones meets Retro style.
Rosemary Beach had the neatest looking style to all the houses, here are just a couple examples of what the whole community looked like.
And finally, the sweet people we were there to visit! These folks have been New Tribes Mission Representatives for years and years...the Circuit Ridin' Preacher and his Southern Belle. Just about the sweetest couple you could ever meet.
They liked Zeke a lot too, and even got a special shirt for him.
Zeke's first Carousel ride, he liked it!
We stopped by Wordspring Discovery Center, put on by Wycliffe in Orlando, FL
What is this place? Well, it is just what is says, a "discovery center". We discovered all sorts of things about missions...
...how people of different regions dress, and what John 3:16 sounds like in their language...
...what some some verses look like in Greek and Latin...
...what our names look like in old, modern, and made up languages,
how you can say "carry" some 20 different ways in one language,
and how changing the tone of your voice can change what you are saying...
...and many different stories about how the Bible came to be in so many different languages, including some of the very first translations.
This is the couple at NTM's Headquarters who let us stay with them. They were wonderful examples to us of hospitality, of how we should treat our "brothers and sisters" in the Lord.
We missed a lot of the NTM staff we wanted to see, but we did get a tour and visit with this dear praying friend.
Jeffrey couldn't believe this truck, look at it compared to the normal size garage it is parked in front of!
We were able to meet a family that I (Bethany) have been praying for since Bible School. They recently returned from the Siawi tribe in PNG after 11 years of living there and translating the Bible. It was encouraging to hear some stories from "front line" missionaries! They told us a little of what aviation meant to them too, how wonderful it was to see the pilot come every so often. They told us the pilots that were the most encouraging were the ones who made sure that their own walks with the Lord were good first, and second were actually interested in the missionaries and took the time whenever they could to sit and talk and listen and remember some of the details of their lives! We pray God will continue to grow us to be effective and useful like this.
The husband in this picture was friends with Jeffrey over 10 years ago. So fun catching up with friends!
It's an old picture, but this is my friend's parents and they were our last stop before home. This was by far the most encouraging stop in the food realm of things. She has struggled with the exact same food things I am currently struggling with so she knew exactly what to do and I didn't have to worry at all. Not only that but we had a great time visiting them and seeing some of their friends and attending a Bible Study too.
Can't resist, he's just too cute!
Our first stop: Conyers, GA...hm, I guess we forgot about the camera until we hit AL! Oops! We saw some old friends (the Pastor and his family who used to be the Spang's Pastor in England!) in Georgia. We had a great time, their daughter said Zeke even looks like me (she's my newest
"best friend" haha!) :)
We also had the privilege of sharing a meal with Jeffrey's Uncle and family!
Our next stop:
This gentleman lead Jeffrey's Dad to the Lord back at Beale AFB in CA, almost 30 years ago. Wow, the influence that people have...God used him to share, and now Jeffrey's whole family is saved.
We bought our van in April of last year at 98,000 miles. As you can see we have gotten good use out of it so far!!
Next stop (not-so) warm...
Snow in FL? Nope, that is the beautiful white beaches of Panama City Beach!
We enjoyed flying an airplane shaped kite for a few minutes too.
Wow, you should see some of the houses around that area, this one was kind of Flintstones meets Retro style.
Rosemary Beach had the neatest looking style to all the houses, here are just a couple examples of what the whole community looked like.
And finally, the sweet people we were there to visit! These folks have been New Tribes Mission Representatives for years and years...the Circuit Ridin' Preacher and his Southern Belle. Just about the sweetest couple you could ever meet.
They liked Zeke a lot too, and even got a special shirt for him.
Zeke's first Carousel ride, he liked it!
We stopped by Wordspring Discovery Center, put on by Wycliffe in Orlando, FL
What is this place? Well, it is just what is says, a "discovery center". We discovered all sorts of things about missions...
...how people of different regions dress, and what John 3:16 sounds like in their language...
...what some some verses look like in Greek and Latin...
...what our names look like in old, modern, and made up languages,
how you can say "carry" some 20 different ways in one language,
and how changing the tone of your voice can change what you are saying...
...and many different stories about how the Bible came to be in so many different languages, including some of the very first translations.
This is the couple at NTM's Headquarters who let us stay with them. They were wonderful examples to us of hospitality, of how we should treat our "brothers and sisters" in the Lord.
We missed a lot of the NTM staff we wanted to see, but we did get a tour and visit with this dear praying friend.
Jeffrey couldn't believe this truck, look at it compared to the normal size garage it is parked in front of!
We were able to meet a family that I (Bethany) have been praying for since Bible School. They recently returned from the Siawi tribe in PNG after 11 years of living there and translating the Bible. It was encouraging to hear some stories from "front line" missionaries! They told us a little of what aviation meant to them too, how wonderful it was to see the pilot come every so often. They told us the pilots that were the most encouraging were the ones who made sure that their own walks with the Lord were good first, and second were actually interested in the missionaries and took the time whenever they could to sit and talk and listen and remember some of the details of their lives! We pray God will continue to grow us to be effective and useful like this.
The husband in this picture was friends with Jeffrey over 10 years ago. So fun catching up with friends!
It's an old picture, but this is my friend's parents and they were our last stop before home. This was by far the most encouraging stop in the food realm of things. She has struggled with the exact same food things I am currently struggling with so she knew exactly what to do and I didn't have to worry at all. Not only that but we had a great time visiting them and seeing some of their friends and attending a Bible Study too.
Can't resist, he's just too cute!
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