While it may be true that Midland is the only place I have ever lived where a man can stand on a sardine can and see 50 miles, not very far from Midland are the Davis Mountains. This last weekend some couples from our church camped with us at the Davis Mountain State Park about 3 hours SW of Midland. We enjoyed a great time of fellowship and wonderful weather. Brian joined us on Saturday, after a rather cold motorcycle ride earlier that morning. We spent several hours in Alpine, TX where we visited the Museum of Big Bend. It really was a well done museum - worth the time to stop and see it - should you be passin' through! 
Whenever, Carol and I camp - we think of the many camping trips we took with the Army and Air Force while in Europe. Members of the Hospitality House and/or chapel community joined us for a week of camping in Switzerland. House members, Tim and Virgina, both Airmen at the time, hiked up to a small lake with me during one of our trips. While Tim is now married with two children on the East Coast, Virginia, we hear, is living now at Ft. Lewis, WA. She is involved in the Chapel PWOC. We look forward to renewing our friendship with her.
George (far left) still works with the Army in Oklahoma. He and his wife have been long time friends of ours and have even run the ministry for us when we were away. The man in the blue jacket is Chaplain Richard Hartwell. Richard was always supportive of our ministry, providing many opportunities for our ministry to spread deeply into the Air Force community. He is now stationed in Hawaii but his responsibilities take him all over the Asia/Pacific theater.
Images such at these are calling us back to our early years of ministry. We look forward to sharing our lives as we share the gospel with the military members and their families at Ft. Lewis. We pray this will be soon!
1 comment:
hey dad. love the old pictures. That one of Hartwell is great. I miss Europe a lot right now.
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