June & July Update

Why is it that we were here for 10 MONTHS and no one came to see us (except for some people who whirled up for a mere 36 hours)? :)

AND then....everyone wants to come see us in the same month!?

I am exhausted! I have been tour guide Barbie for 4 straight weeks!

Well, I am tired - but I LOVED every minute of it. I treasure the moments we were able to share with our family and friends during this year in DC.

Our prayer needs

I was reading in the book of Philippians this morning - where Paul is talking about how much he thanks God for those who have supported him on the missionary journey...
and I thought of the incredible group of people that God has put into our lives this year to be a part of our "support team".

This small group of people who support us, those who pray with us, and those who love us - have gotten us through this year of preparation for the ministry that God has before us.

Thank you. So much. Words can not express the thanks we have for you.
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We do have some urgent requests that we would love for our team to be praying with us about.

THE FACTS:
Our program here in DC ends in August.

We fly to Springfield, MO, in August to be interviewed by the World Missions Board of the Assemblies of God - to be appointed as full time missionaries.

We need to move SOMEWHERE at the end of August.

We will be itinerating and raising our budget (for 4 years of service) during the months of September - May. We will mostly be speaking in churches in Arkansas each Sunday during this time.

We have no idea where God wants us to live during this season of budget raising (September - May). We expect to possibly be "stationed" out of Springfield, MO, come next summer.

THE NEED:
Please pray that God will open up a door for where HE wants us to live. Since we will be raising our budget for full time missionary service...we once again will not have "salary" for this year.
Finding a place to live that would be FREE or low cost would be a wonderful blessing.
Somewhere in Bentonville area or West Memphis would be the best - so that we could be close to grandparents during this time. Macy will be in first grade - so that is a consideration on where to live.
Please pray with us. We do not have the answers we need yet.
But we do know that God will provide and give direction.
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We are taking 3 days: Today, Tomorrow, and Friday (July 22, 23, & 24) to pray SPECIFICALLY for God to provide direction in this area.
Would you please set aside a few moments each day to pray with us?
Thank you so much. We love you all.
Glenda

Baptism by the Bay

Brad reminded me that it was 2 years ago that we met Mark Batterson and came into contact with his writing and NCC. We watched a baptism video that their church had made while we were in a workshop at General Council in Indianapolis. Kinda surreal that Brad is in that crowd this year...helping capture footage for this year's video. (Blue shirt, by the water, holding the big camera) :)



Our friends Marcello and Maureen.

Here is last year's video of Baptism by the Bay:
http://theaterchurch.com/media/video/baptism-by-the-bay-2008/

Memorial Day with the Humphries

It was strange to have Memorial Day without an invite to the famous Willhite weekend celebration! However, our former neighbors from Capitol Hill had us out to their 40 acre home in West Virginia. They actually own a home in Capitol Hill for the week - and then go home to WV on the weekends! WV is beautiful...and it strangely felt like the Ozarks and NorthWest Arkansas! They commute from here in the summer....a 2 hour drive one way! Craziness!


Imani - the teenager!

Niya and Maggie

Tea Party

After school one day we had a tea party under the Kitchen Table! I don't fit as good as the girls do! I felt like the hunchback afterwards!

Cinderella's

Kylee spent a day with us while her mom and dad went to the USCIS to be fingerprinted for their next adoption (Korea!!!). Mia and Kylee were so cute dressed up as princesses! Sweet!

Gotcha Day Reunion

May 9 we celebrated 2 years since Mia was put into our arms for the 1st time. We were able to go the reunion this year....4 families from our travel group got together for a weekend. We were not able to attend last year - so this was really special for us!


These 4 girls were all born in the same city within one week of each other...and spent the first 8 months of their lives in the same row of cribs in Yangxi China. (There are 3 other girls from this Yangxi group that were not able to make the trip).