Hello again from Gastonia, NC! Thank you for reading our blog and for your prayers. The month of August wasn't as busy as July, but we still managed to do a good bit of traveling and visit lots of friends and family. Here is a glimpse of how our month looked:
- July 31-Aug. 10 We were in West Virginia with Jessica's family.
- Aug. 4 We spoke at Hampton Baptist Church in East Bank, WV. Jessica really enjoyed seeing some of her old high school teachers and friends.
- Aug. 8 We traveled with Jessica's parents to drop her brother Michael off at West Virginia University for his freshman year of college.
- Aug. 10 We spoke at Jessica's home church, First Baptist Church of Nitro, WV.
- Aug. 11-18 We traveled to Wake Forest, NC, to visit with our sending church and friends, North Wake Baptist Church.
- Aug. 11 We spoke at our small group from North Wake.
- Aug. 17 We briefly spoke at the North Wake Sunday morning service.
- Aug. 19-27 We are currently resting in our mission home in Gastonia with Parkwood Baptist Church. This week, we visited a small group, a nearby state park, attended the Sunday morning service, and Cameron began his Ph.D. work for the semester.
- Aug. 28-Sept. 8 We will be in WV, where we will run/walk the Charleston Distance Run 5K this Saturday and speak at Good News Baptist Church in Gallipolis, OH, on Sunday (Aug. 31).
Here are some pictures:
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| Cameron speaking at Hampton Baptist Church. |
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| From left to right: Jessica's mentor from her first year teaching, Dee Ramsey; her favorite teacher, Mrs. Christy; her friend, Amanda; and her high school counselor, Debbie Stanley. |
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| Great to see Debbie! :) |
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| Jessica's family the night before taking Michael to WVU. |
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| Jessica's brother, Michael, ready for Adventure West Virginia! |
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| Jessica singing "10,000 Reasons" at First Baptist Church of Nitro with their music pastor, Tommy. |
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| Visiting with Jessica's former youth leader, Steve. |
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| It was nice meeting Hayley's baby, Reagan, and catching up with Hayley, Melba, & Kassi. |
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| Speaking at our North Wake small group. |
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| So sweet to catch up with old friends. :) |
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| We enjoyed hanging out with Bill & Molly. |
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| The guys from Cameron's old small group: Thomas, Cameron, Brandon, Bill, and JR. |
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| Hanging out at the Coombs'. |
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| Built-in caption in the background: Megan & Jessica first met in the choir at North Wake! It was really great hanging out with Megan. Thanks for letting us stay at your house! :) |
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| Jessica, Megan, Kaitlin, & Jess Coombs |
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| We were so excited that we got to see Thomas & Kaitlin, who recently returned from East Asia. |
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| Cameron with his old roommate, JR. |
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| Speaking at North Wake. |
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| We enjoyed hanging out with Logan & Aubrey (& Hudson). |
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| Coffee with Lonnie & Connie Reynolds, our mentors from our missionary training two years ago. |
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| At the top of Crowders Mountain in Gastonia. |
