Long time, no see

When we first went to the mission field in Brazil in March 1972, the first place we stayed was with Don and Betty Ross in São Paulo. We went from there to where we lived and worked 400 km to the west for the 3 years and 3 months we were in Brazil, but during that time we went many times to the city of São Paulo and always stayed with the Rosses. One of their daughters, Debbie, is married to Pastor Mike Rogers, whom I have mentioned here many times because of his battle with cancer.

I don't remember when we saw them the last time, but when we discovered they were living just a few miles from Jeff in the Dallas area, we went over to meet them. They live with their youngest son, James. He didn't have a beard 30 years ago.

Another daughter, Aileen, and her husband, Russ Woolbright, live nearby and we got to visit with them and their youngest son, Brian, and their newest granddaughter, Brooklyn, born a couple of months ago to their daughter.




Aileen came to our house in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo in 1973 to take care of Rachel and Rick and help Abbie when Jeff was born. We remember the last time we saw Aileen and Russ. It was the summer of 1980, and both Aileen and Abbie were pregnant. Joy was born a couple of months later. 29 years ago...long time, no see. What a good time we had catching up!