March 2008 Adventures

March 2008 Adventures

In March besides having a grandbaby, we continued our travels. We were able to visit 3 churches in March. We had a wonderful Wednesday night supper at the church of Ed’s brother, Cliff Baker and his wife Barbara. Community Baptist in Milledgeville, GA allowed us to share what God is doing in Paraguay. Just to remind us of how small the world really is, one of the church member’s cousins was a missionary in Paraguay that we know! Amazing!

We were back at Duluth UMC in Duluth, GA sharing with the New Steadham Sunday School Class. We enjoy talking to small groups about Paraguay. Later that Sunday evening, Ed had the opportunity to preach at County Line UMC in Griffin, GA. This is a lovely church we always enjoy visiting. This year, we not only knew the regular members from County Line, but some friends of ours came by to hear and visit. That’s what makes visiting churches so much fun!

Inside County Line UMC

All the windows are stained glass

Older sanctuaries are so beautiful!

After visiting in Griffin, we headed to Texas to visit Linda’s family. She has a sister in Houston, one in Granbury, an uncle & aunt in Dublin; and another sister in Kansas. We drove 2,300 miles visiting family. During our visit with her sister in Overland Park, KS; we were joined by 2 other friends from high school. Ed has known these gals since 3^rd grade, but the friendship with the 4 of these girls has remained close over the past 41 years!

Susan Dods, Carolyn Cukierman, Brenda Smith, Linda Baker

After our time together with family & friends, we headed back to Atlanta. We had some friends come to visit, Gary & Colleen Hauser, and we took the opportunity to tour downtown Atlanta after the tornados in mid March. It was amazing to see all the broken windows in the downtown skyscrapers. We also visited the Georgia Aquarium. What strange creatures live in water. This is a photo of the beautiful jellyfish at the aquarium.

The highlight of March was the arrival of our grandson, James Austin Gracey. Austin was born on March 27^th, weighing in at 8 lbs. and 21” long, and he was born at home. His proud parents are our daughter and son-in-law, Rhian & James Gracey. We will be heading to California, where Austin (and parents) live the first of April. After a quick chance to cuddle our grandbaby, we’ll be back in Paraguay mid April. Here are a couple of photos to share.

Note Austin’s shirt says “Born at Home”

Austin and proud parents

Please continue to pray for traveling mercies as we head back to Paraguay.