Billy Graham Library

The Billy Graham Library is a Must See, if you are ever in the Charlotte, NC area.

Glenn with Cliff Barrows

We had the unexpected Surprise of running into my old LHHS music teacher!  

Terry, I still can't carry a tune, but love to sing!

I worked with Karen in the BGEA office in Dallas back in 2002 when Dallas hosted the Metroplex Mission.  We gave her a bag of Guatemalan coffee and we talked about options for her to travel down to Guatemala for a visit.
~J

Best Friends

 

 Mary and Tom

 The family minus 1 college age daughter

 Glenn and Tom grew up together as MKs in Mexico.  

They 

played jokes on each other,

built tree houses together

and "vowed" to be hermits. 

Look at them now!

(still playing, laughing and enjoying life)

Best Friends, even though they don't see each other very often.

Thanks Tom and Mary for introducing us together 33 years ago.

~J

JAARS

While visiting JAARS center (Jungle Aviation and Radio Service), we got to meet several old time friends.

Lori looks just like her Mom.  Over 37 years ago, I stayed with Lori's parents in Honduras.  We have kept up over the years and now Lori and her family of 4 kids are serving with JAARS in Indonesia.  It was good to reconnect with Lori after so many years.

  Lori reminded me of the time when Glenn and I flew down with 1 year old Ellen to Honduras {back in my Delta privilege days} for a short visit and she named her new baby doll "Ellen" after our daughter. 

I had completely forgotten about that short story! 

But the story I will never forget....

about the time when Lori's mom fed me "Pot-pie" and I was thinking it was 

Chicken

all through the meal, but at the end of the dinner time, Carol told me it was their pet - Rabbit Pot Pie. 

Never will I forget that story.

~J

In Whatever State I'm In

for I have learned, 

in whatsoever state I am,

[therewith] to be content.

Philippians 4:11

We continue our travels.....

Off of Main Street

As we have been logging many miles, we have opted to not eat at the major food chains, but instead eat at the Mom and Pop places in the small towns off the Interstates.  {With the exception of In-N-Out in California and Five Guys in Alabama..I didn't realize 5 Guys was a restaurant chain}

So far

• Moss Rose Bakery in a small town before you enter Yosemite National Park
• C J's Butcher Boy Burgers in Russellville, Arkansas with good friends the Hodges
• Stoby's Train Car Restaurant in Russellville with Hodges
• Ted's Mexican Restaurant in Edmond, OK with Robert and Donna {the nabert me doesn't sound so Mexican, but it is very good} 
• Community Bakery in Downtown Little Rock, AR to visit Lindsey

It has been a fun challenge to drive off the Interstate to get a bite to eat.  
Just wish I had internet connection as we drive along so I could pull up "letter-boxing" along the way. :)
~J

Dr. Pepper Is Still My Favorite Soft Drink

Glenn and I enjoyed a tour of the World of Coke Museum in Atlanta, Ga with our friends, Joe and Barb.  It was very interesting and by the end of the tour, we were thirsty.

At the end of the tour we got to taste Coke products from all over the World.  We tasted Inca Cola from Peru, Simba Guaraná from Paraguay (Karen's favorite) and some many strange flavors from all parts of the world.  I didn't care too much for some of the drinks. Some were very interesting.

My Conclusion:

I still love Dr. Pepper :)

{Texas product}

~J

Practical Missionary Training aka PMT

Jane and her family

37 years ago, in 1977, I traveled with 50 college age students, along with 3 Team Leaders and their families through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.

  Practical Missionary Training.

   It was the best experience of my life.  You know I like to travel and love missions. So you mix that with other college age students and you have 1 satisfied Judy.

• 2 day train experience from El Paso, Texas to Mexico City
• 2 weeks experience in WBT Jungle Camp in Southern Mexico
• 2 weeks living in the home of a real-live missionary {thanks Harold and Carol for feeding me Rabbit Pot Pie}
• learning from missionaries in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador
• peanut butter and raisin sandwiches
• raising support, writing letters and keeping a journal

 Mary and Ken

In summary, I reconnected with Jane, who was on my PMT team.  Jane brought her old  slide carousel trays and shows us her Kodak photos.  Along with Royers and her family, we laughed and laughed.  

It was funny seeing photos of me wearing dresses in Jungle Camp.

The next day we got to visit my friends, Geri and Lois.  Geri was my prayer partner on PMT.  She taught me grace and patience.  A dear friend.

 Lois and Geri

~J

Whitestone

Tucked in the East Tennessee mountains is a B and B place called 

Whitestone

 Gorgeous.  Beautiful.  Relaxing.

The trees are beginning to turn. The weather is still hot.
We stayed in a 5 star room, private balcony, overlooking a pond with wild geese and
hummingbirds.

Glenn and I took a 1 1/2 hour walk through the rolling hills.

We're thankful for the short 2 day rest stop on our state-side journey.

Whitestone offers a great discount for overseas missionaries.  Check out their website 
Whitestoneinn.com

~J

Stamping Break

So far we have traveled over 4,000 miles by road, visited long time friends and more recent friends.

On Monday I had to wonderful privilege to stamp with Linda.  I have known Linda since "Bolivia days".  We re-visited our many fun memories back in Santa Cruz. This time we had Hannah join us.  Hannah and Jordan are on the "final lap" of support raising and will be arriving in Guatemala to work with our CAM Guatemala family soon.

~J

Burgess of Guatemala

 

Glenn and I had the wonderful privilege to visit with Pauline, her husband, Ed and daughter, Anna Marie.  Anna Marie wrote a book about her parents' experiences in Guatemala.  What a dear history of God's faithfulness.  

For a good read, check out the book on Amazon.com

Yosemite

Last week, we drove 1 hour out of the way to experience Yosemite.

If you are ever in the area of Fresno, do take time to view some of God's greatest works of Creation.

 ~J

In-N-Out

 While in California, I had to introduce Glenn to the hamburger food chain

"In-N-Out".

Delicious!

I like the hamburgers - very tasty...

...and now I hear they are coming to the DFW Metroplex.

click here to read more
~J

Cousins

Cousins. 

  I don't have very many cousins.  My mother had no brothers or sisters, and on my dad's side of the family, he was the baby, so the cousins I do have, all 4 of them are much older than me except for 1.

I usually think of MaryGay as my aunt.  I remember going to her TCU graduation in 1967.  I was only 11.  We've seen each other off and on in the past 40 years since, but it wasn't until this past weekend, that I realized that I'm closer in age to her adult children than to  her.  I thoroughly enjoyed reconnecting with Laura and Ann! I personally think Laura will be down to visit us in Guatemala sometime in the future.  {surely hoping so}

Sid and MaryGay are avid golfers.  We have begged them to come and try out the Antigua course in Guatemala.  Maybe one day!

 Of course we had to see the Golden Gate Bridge

and

Cable Cars.  

We also enjoyed a creative production of Peter Pan.

~J