Hello, Hello There

Hi everyone. Sorry for another extended silence. Chalk it up to one-time-a-week online and always a million things to catch up on when I am on the internet.

We are adjusting okay so far. We had wonderful visits with our friends in Pohnpei and Hawaii on the way back. I will try to post pictures and details about our odyssey home within the next few weeks.

We miss Guam terribly. I noticed that especially this weekend at church camp here in PA. I kept looking around for the PIU students and people from our church in Guam. Of course, I was hallucinating because they weren't here. Joel still cries sometimes when he thinks about Guam. Please keep us in your prayers.

We're also making decisions about our housing and will report on that soon as well.

Thanks for your patience and kind support as we get settled in PA for our home ministry assignment. We'll be here until sometime during the summer of 2011.

God bless you. We love you all.

Ned, Marisol, Joel and Amelia

Comments

Joyleen Haser said…
Warmest greetings from Portland. It must've been really hard to leave. I'm sad just by hearing about it and especially Joel crying. Aww..I wanna cry too. Saying goodbye is always the hard thing, but isn't that the great thing about being Christians, its never goodbye but 'see you later'. Your family's in my prayer. Best regards to Marisol, hugs to Joel and Amelia.

:D JoyH
August 9, 2010 at 9:05 PM
HLodge said…
May you continue to feel God's love as you adjust.
August 17, 2010 at 7:01 PM
Farnsworth Forum said…
Hello to Joyleen and Happiness,
Thanks for your kind wishes. We are doing better now. It is good to be in the Father's hands. His grace is sufficient for each thing we go through. Hope you are experiencing God's love in your lives today. With much love for the chilly state of PA,
Ned and family
September 10, 2010 at 6:18 PM
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