We arrived at Mercy Ships Headquarters and completed our first day at Gateway Training. We even had a chance to catch some of the World Cup! Now to pick up where we left off and wrap up our journey to Texas:
From Raleigh, North Carolina, heading South West to Georgia, we stopped in Cumming, GA to visit our great friends, the Ashleys.
David and Gina are great hosts, and their kids Ethan, Evan, and Ryan are tons of fun.
We stayed for a couple nights with them and re-connect after not seeing them for many years.
We geared up for the 9-hour ride from Atlanta to Little Rock, Arkansas and left early in the morning.
With a short stop in Memphis, we were in Little Rock before we knew it. We met one of Cecilia's good friends from college who just had a baby,
and a great couple we met through an International Christian Fellowship back in Ithaca. Mark and Karen were great hosts even though it was a short visit.
From Little Rock, we drove North West to Fayetteville. There, we spent a whole week with our dear friends, Tom and Barbara. At their house we met many internationals, including a couple from Togo!
We also visited friends and mentors of Cecilia's while at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
They are all very special people in our lives, and we are blessed to know them.
We are now in Texas after a week in Arkansas, and a 6 hour drive this morning. We are ready for the next month of training, rested, relaxed, and refreshed after:
8 different overnight locations, 19 states crossed, 50 hours of driving logged, 3,095 miles traveled in 30 days.
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HOSTED US, HELPED US ON OUR WAY, OR PRAYED FOR US!!! WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!!!
Tom is a bee keeper, and we had the privilege to help label his first big batch of honey!
It's a BEEutiful thing!
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