Back home after 11 days on the road and 7000+ miles

 Thank you all for your prayers.  The trip went without a hitch and Dad and I returned home yesterday!  He was so glad to get out of the vehicle.  Me too!!!  Some of the joy of the trip was seeing some of our family along the way.  We just have Rhoda, #4, and Norm to see when we get back to Florida.


I started as a solo and then picked up Tom and his step grandson to make a trio.  When we made it to California, we added Dad and so we had a quartet coming back.  After dropping off Tom and Trenton we had a duet the remainder of the way home.


The stop in Michigan allowed Tom and his family to give Dad a great meal, a place to sleep for the night, and time to catch up with son #3!


The stop in New Hampshire offered us another meal and a place to sleep for the night.  Dad got to catch up with son #1, Matthew and his lovely wife Patti.  


I find Stephanie when I enter my families' homes.  Here is a lighthouse in Matthew and Patti's home.  It is the Presque Isle Harbor Lighthouse.


This lighthouse is in Tom and Tammy's home.  I think it is one found in the U.P.  We went in the summer but Stephanie made it a winter scene.


Matthew took me on a "mini" hike while in New Hampshire near his home to see a great overlook.  If I look tired it is because I was.  Sea level man was "sucking wind" to make it to the top but it was worth it.  


Lastly, we get to have this great guy live with us and his furry friend Snuggy.  Dad is getting adapted to his new surroundings and soon will have a phone, so watch out.  By the way, I'm son #2.  

Thank you again for the prayers.  Transitions are a part of life and we were made by God to care for one another.  Dad sure has done his part over his lifetime with 90 in the sights next month.  He and mom took care of mom's parents in our home and then dad's mom later.  Dad would go on to care for mom and then Sandy, his second wife.  I'm thankful we have a place for him to rest.  

Adam

A simple man serving a great God and the local pastor of Stillwater Community Chapel (stillwater-chapel.org). We are in our 38th year of full time ministry. God directed us to this local body of believers on the Western Range of the Rockies to grow with them in mission and mindedness of Christ.

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