Our Homeless U.S. Tour, Part Two

I'm not gonna lie...a month is a LONG time to be on the road. Although we've pretty much been living out of suitcases for the past three years, for some reason we're still not totally used to it! And we're looking forward to settling back into life in Papua New Guinea when we head back in October/November (we have a house there now!). But, we are SO thankful for the time we spent on the road and for being with people we miss when we're not in the States!

We spent two weeks with my sister and her family (Brianna and Grayson's only cousins) in Connecticut for two weeks, went camping, and made lots of good memories to take back overseas with us!

All of the cousins together!

Intently enjoying ice cream from a local dairy farm.

It's so nice to have smooth roads to ride bikes on (not so much in PNG)! The cousins rode bikes just about every afternoon.

We get a lot of great, tropical fruit in Papua New Guinea but we sure do miss blueberries! Picking them was such a treat!

So much sister and cousin love in one picture!

Somehow, this felt luxurious after village-living in PNG! We had clean running water, electricity, and a bathroom within walking distance! :) What a great time with my whole family!

I even got to see an old friend from growing up in Africa, Abby Neilson (Griffis)! It's awesome that time apart doesn't change some friendships!

The town where my sister lives has free bike rentals and a great bike path. It was a little like herding cats, but after awhile we were on our way and had fun!

Brianna photo bomb!

I'm pretty sure that line on the sign is a road, not a fence.

Big trees seem to be a theme on this trip - we visited the biggest tree in Connecticut before going for a swim in the river!

We are thankful for the unexpected blessing of being able to go on a long trip to see so many of our friends, family and ministry partners that we would not have been able to see if we had left for PNG in July. We also had the opportunity to share with two churches about our Wycliffe ministry in Papua New Guinea, as well as what Wycliffe is doing throughout the rest of the world.

We want to thank several generous givers for making it possible for us to go on this trip! Although we were initially very disappointed about not being able to go back to PNG until October, we are now seeing the many ways in which God's plan is so much better than ours!