4th of July

Here's an update on my American Life. Chris arrived in Jackson on Monday June 30th. We spent the week helping him find his way around Jackson and just spending quality time together. This past weeked for the 4th we were able to see lots of friends and family.

The weekend started on Thursday night when Chris and I met up with several of my High School friends. We went to Mugshots and had a fun time visiting and eating a dang good hamburger (well everybody else ate a hamburger... i had a grilled chicken sandwich).

Friday we spent the day with the Varners-- a family that Chris worked with in Turkey. We had a great time eating good food, fishing at the pond, and shooting fireworks.

Saturday night we spent the time at my sister's house where we cooked out again. My daddy joined us and we all had a good time.

Then on Sunday after going to church at Pinelake we headed down to Brookhaven to meet all the family. Mama cooked a huge lunch: ribs, baked beans, twice-baked potatoes, bread, and homemade peach icecream. She made me a special little meal with Chicken and other things my belly can tolerate a little better. (i have the best mama in the world!).

After lunch, Chris, my sister, her husband, and I headed down to the creek behind mama's house.

Our dogs (Allie and Gus) loved it and I'll have to say I had a pretty good time myself!

It was a great weekend with lots of fun memories. I'm so glad Chris is here and we can start making these memories together!

Please Pray

Hey Everyone,

I have a prayer request for all of you. A young man by the name of Greg Gomez died in an automobile accident in Peru on July 5th. He just graduated from Ole Miss in May with an engineering degree. He was serving as a Summer Missionary with the Reap South team. He was on the Research Team going to different remote villages finding people groups so that those groups can later be reached by Missionaries. He was on a combi (van-public transportation) when the van hit the side of mountain. He died of head injuries. Several others were injured. Two other young ladies were with him from the ReapSouth team--one of whom (Claudia) was my roommate in Peru. As far as I know the girls are doing fine, but they did have some injuries. This is all I know at this time.

Here is a news article about the accident: http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=149530

and for those of you who read spanish: http://www.correoperu.com.pe/correosur/cusco/nota.php?id=23716

Please keep the Reap South team and all of our summer missionaries in your prayers.

UPDATE:

I just spoke with Arnold (one of the Missionaries on the Reap South team). He says that because public transportation strikes are starting tomorrow they are having trouble getting Greg's body back to the U.S. Also, there is just tons of paperwork that has to be done in order to get him back. Please continue to pray for the team and the missionaries.

Thank you!