Parents, churches, parties, and clinic

Went down to San Jose to visit my folks for a few days - it was a great visit, time to catch up and just hang out. We then went up to Amador county to do some wine tasting with our dear friends. Today we are traveling down to Sonoma to an awesome church and hang out with the folks down there for the day.

Have had some great things going on in Honduras. There was an ESL "graduation", with a big party afterwards.



Also, the national doctor we have worked with in the past offered to come in and hold a clinic in Armenia. Bethany, our newest team mate, was able to help out in the intake section - she is really jumping right in and feeling at home.

The In-N-Out "Experience"

In-N-Out is one of our favorite fast food places to go eat. When you go to an In-N-Out for the first time, you might be disappointed at the menu choices - there really isn't much - a hamburger, a cheeseburger, or a double hamburger/cheeseburger. That's about it. So what's the big deal?! The food is amazing! Everything is fresh - cooked to order...and...for those in the "know" - you can order TONS of stuff "off menu". And...it's a Christian organization. On the bottom lip of every cup, there is a bible reference. Pretty cool, huh?

So what do I mean by "off the menu"? Here were our orders:

Mike:

double-double animal style; fries - animal style; milkshake - neapolitan

Mike's milkshake


Mike's burger


Our whole order - but you can see the animal style fries




Erin:

hamburger animal style minus cheese, chopped chilis, toasty buns; fries; lemon-up


Madison:
hamburger animal style minus cheese, toasty buns; fries well-done; choco-vanilla shake.

Madison's burger and "well done" fries



definition and description:

double-double - double hamburger, double cheese
animal style - mustard, grilled onions, cheese
well-done fries - you know those fries at the bottom of the fryer - a little more crispy? That's how all of your fries come
lemon-up - half lemonade/half seven up
shake - neapolitan - a swirl of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry milkshake
chilis - chopped pepperoncini chilis
toasty buns - bun left on the grill a tiny bit longer to get it extra crispy

Bliss...

Team Honduras at The Global Missions Conference

November 4-7 our family and our teammate Kate attended the PCA's Global Missions Conference in Chattanooga, TN. We were able to promote our ministry in Honduras to over 2,000 participants.

Watch this 1 minute and 45 second video to see the highlights:

Global Missions Conference

2010 - GMC Recap - Saturday from Seth Wallace on Vimeo.

Please watch this short video recap of the Global Missions Conference as of last night...

We have been to some great break-out sessions, met some old friends, and some new. Have talked and talked and talked, and loved every minute of it :-)

Update

Sitting in Days Inn in Chattanooga with Madison as she is doing school work; Mike is off getting PVC pipe to set up our sign at our booth; tonight we register for the pre-conference of the Global Missions Conference. Tomorrow we set our booth up, attend and participate in the pre-conference (we are speaking at one of the sessions). Mike is speaking at two other sessions of the conference, and Madison and I will be manning the booth while he is involved in that. We are going to be busy, busy, busy while we are here...but what's new? We have been moving non-stop since we've been back - honestly - we haven't been at the house we are staying at for more than 4 days in a row. And, most of those nights we are out making visits. It's been exhausting, yet exciting at the same time.

Visiting Paso Robles

Wednesday we traveled to Paso Robles and visited Covenant Presbyterian Church. We had an amazing time reconnecting with folks we have met in the past, with many who came on the short term mission trips, and new people. We were fed incredible food, talked with tons of people, and Madison had some fun kids to hang out with. A neat thing about the house we were staying at was that it came complete with a zip line, a trampoline, and a pain gun for scaring off the local wildlife that comes on a mission to destroy the local shrubbery, etc. So, Madison was given the task to scare off the deer that came to visit that morning.

Madison "hunting" deer

Making the rounds

"Home Mission Assignment" is what we are on. The term furlough just doesn't apply to any missionaries when they are back in the States, so the term has been changed. We are working, let's make no bones about it. It's been great, and exhausting! Meetings (multiple) almost every day, and multiple church services and multiple churches every weekend. Mike had 3 meetings today, then we are going to some friends house for dinner tonight! It's so nice meeting with folks and sharing God's vision for Honduras! Plus, I've almost not cooked at all!

Let's also not forget that I am homeschooling Madison, and training for a 1/2 marathon! Whew! Tired already :-)