Travels July 2025
Dear Friends, July 27, 2025 We left Ellensburg on Tuesday, July 15, and spent a couple of wonderful days in Cannon Beach, OR, with Ben, Grace, and the boys. From there, we headed to Redding, CA, to visit the Moores. I first met Danny Moore in Bolivia during a short-term missions trip back in 1983, and their friendship has been a constant encouragement ever since! The next day, we enjoyed a sweet time of fellowship with Pedro and Lucy Dillon in Cupertino, CA. Afterward, we traveled to Bethel Chapel in Riverside, where I had the opportunity to share from 2 Corinthians 12 about Paul’s thorn in the flesh—and how our “weakness” can become a canvas for displaying God’s power and grace at work in and through us. While in Riverside, we were blessed to spend time with our kids—Omar, Ana—and our precious grandchildren, Eliza and Reuben, as we finalized preparations before our red-eye flight. On Friday evening, July 25, our dear friends John and Catherine Bourbonnais graciously drove u...