Trip

We flew in this puddle hopper , better known as a prop plane, three times. That is all that goes to Shreveport. There are about 32 seats on the plane. On one of those trips the plane we came in on was late and we ran from one end of the Houston airport to the other to catch the puddle hopper. Thank goodness, they were running late too. Another time they were holding the plane up waiting for us. This is the back 1/3 of the 757 we rode from Honolulu to Houston and back again. Big plane. Holds over 300 people. It has the individual entertainment units on the back of the chair in front of you. You can watch your choice of movies, play games, watch cartoons, etc. It was an eight hour plus ride. We are just now half way getting over our jet lag. I think I could have gotten over a twelve hour day on planes in my youth but my youth ran away many years ago. This old gray mare ain't what she used to be.

We're Back

This is Julianna and Asher, our new grandson. We took the longest vacation we have ever taken, travelled the most miles and enjoyed seeing everyone. We could have used another month to see everyone we wanted to see. There just wasn't enough time. I caught a virus and I stayed in my room for a couple days to try to keep from spreading it around. Courtney (our granddaughter)ended up with it anyway. That wasn't on our agenda, but that was the way it was. We had a great time. Grandpa always enjoys the grandkids. Our bodies think we are still living on central time. It was good to get back into our own beds. You young people may not understand that, but you will when you get older. We went to church yesterday and it was great to see everyone again. The trip back to Kwaj seemed longer than usual. It wasn't, but we were sure wishing they had super sonic engines on that ferry. We pretty much crashed the rest of Sunday afternoon. We should be able to get rid of the jet lag and get back into the swing of things next week.

Stateside

We will be in Louisiana this time next week, Oklahoma the week after that, Texas the week after that and back to Louisiana to catch our flight back to Kwaj. We are anxious to see everyone, especially those grandkids. It may be a while before I blog again. I worked up Bible lessons for the kids and the Marshallese ladies are going to continue to teach the kids class while we are gone. Heity taught today and she did a great job. I will talk to the ladies when we get back to see if they want to continue to teach the kids so the little ones who don't understand English as well will understand the Bible story better. We left DVD's with sermons on them so they could continue to meet and worship while we are gone.

Garage Sale

They held a garage sale for any one who wanted to bring their stuff to sell. Of course I didn't see one garage, but their was a lot of stuff for sale. We took home our share of other peoples junk. It was a good sale. Most of the time the wind is blowing pretty hard across that field. Today the wind was not that hard. Of course people have patio sales every week end and PCS sales where someone is moving off island.

Worshiping the Lord

We had a good Church service today.

The benches double as tables when it is time to color our pictures.

Great bunch of kids. They get so excited when I pull out the camera.

Someone grated the road between Ebeye and Gugeegue last week. It still isn't a great road, but it is the best it has been since we have been here.

When Lee was in Jr High (42 yrs ago) he played the tuba in band. He decided to try playing again for the Community band. He needs lots of practice but with time he will make it.

One month until we take our vacation back in the states. We are really looking forward to seeing everyone again and getting our hands on those grandkids.