Going Home for Christmas
Earlier this year, Vicki and I were talking about taking a
family trip. As we talked, we realized that Vicki had not been home for almost
a decade. Vicki has been so patient about going home and seeing her parents and
siblings that time just seems to slide by us and before we know it years have
passed. The more we talked, the more we kicked the idea around of taking a
cross country trip to Washington State, the more real it became to us. I began
to check out the possibility of taking time off of work and school.
We now are not just talking about it; we are planning on
leaving here on the 17th of December and heading back to Vicki’s old
stomping grounds. My friends at work think we are crazy, to travel home by
driving for days with six kids in one vehicle. Yet it reminds me of the first
time I saw the west and experienced the rolling prairie. I well remember the
first time I laid eyes on the Rocky Mountains and the snowcapped mountains of
the Wasatch front. It was an experience
that a young hillbilly from Virginia found exciting and unforgettable. I am
sure the children will too.
To add something special to this more, Vicki’s folks have
just come home from their mission in South Africa. It will be great to see them
again. What a great example Vicki’s family have been to our kids about serving
the Lord the missionary way.
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