Summer Stretch

We were not on a tour this summer, but it almost seems like we were there through involvement in recruiting, communication, logistics support, and lots of prayer for the two summer tours. We had a pretty exciting last minute challenge getting a sound tech for the Poland tour when the scheduled tech was not able to come. In a little over a week our replacement was able to raise his support and get a passport! See the Proclaim! site for some news on Adonai's tour in  Croatia/Bosnia  and the tour with Writing on the Wall in  Poland.

INDIANA

We did some actual traveling the first two weeks in July to Indiana. We had a great time with family, especially the main event -- a family reunion in Michigan.  Hard to have it without Kathie's Mom -- but time with her sisters and many of our cousins and their kids was really precious. We hadn't seen some of the cousins in MANY years.

My mom's sisters -- she was the oldest of the 6 sisters and 2 brothers

We had over half of the cousins (my generation) there plus spouses and kids/grandkids

Once again we experienced God's intervention in the timing and planning of the whole trip. We came away feeling like we'd had more quality time with family, friends and supporters than we could possibly have planned. We can never get enough of those adorable grand nieces and nephews -- it's such a gift that they (and their amazing parents) are all in the same town or nearby. (Facebook members: see pics)  Going home increasingly overwhelms us with appreciation for God's tremendous blessings of our wonderful family and friends who are part of our heritage and who we are.

We were happy to get in on a gathering put on by our Europartners prayer support group that has prayed faithfully for us and our dear friends, the Hoberts in France, for 30 years. We actually were able to be back in town at the same time with them and catch up on each others' ministries as we shared with the whole group. We are anticipating possibilities for Proclaim members to provide support for some of the ministries in France that they are involved in.

Now back in Jacksonville summer tours are over and we will be moving into plans for the fall and 2012. Overseas we have 2 families -- one first term and one returning for their second term -- getting settled and forming a team in Germany. Please pray for a good transition for the Libertis and the Davises, and for a strong team to be established there.