Arkansas Update

We made the trip from Lisbon to Arkansas with no delays or problems. There was a close connection at Newark, but the Lord's timing was perfect. We spent Thursday night at Joy and Mark's, and we came over to Abbie's parents' house on Friday. Joy, Mark and Mia came with us for the afternoon, but had to go back home that night. They left yesterday for London, and after spending the next few days in London and Scotland, they will fly to Madeira on Friday. (We saw on the news last night that the ash cloud is threatening the UK airports again, so we pray there will be no problems for Joy, Mark and Mia next week.) We leave Tuesday and arrive home on Wednesday.

Abbie's mother's funeral is tomorrow morning. All Abbie's brothers and sisters are here and most of the grandchildren. Jeff is here, Rachel and Rick arrive today from Colorado.

Abbie's father is having a very difficult time understanding what is going on. Due to his dementia (not Alzheimer's) he keeps missing his wife and learning all over again that she has gone. His renewed grief is an added pain to the rest of us, but we pray for a special measure of God's grace at this time, for him and for us.