A Midsummer Day's Update

Hello faithful readers! Our apologies for not updating for a while. As promised, we have been traveling almost nonstop since our previous post, as evidenced by the pictures below. So here is how our summer has looked so far:

The service at the Romanian Baptist Church of Charlotte went very well! Jessica sang two songs that went along with Cameron's message about churches partnering with missionaries, and everyone seemed encouraged. At the close of the service, the pastor (pictured with his wife) said emphatically, "We accept your challenge." Slava Domnului! ("Praise the Lord!" in Romanian.)

We spent one week in West Virginia with Jessica's family, and while we were there we were able to help out with VBS at FBC Nitro (Jessica's home church) and visit Camp Cowen (the Baptist summer camp Jessica grew up in as a camper and later as a counselor). After our time in WV, we went down to Florida for our cruise!

Our cruise in the Bahamas left out of Port Canaveral, so we were able to visit Cameron's grandma who lives in the Orlando area. Also pictured is all of us who went on the cruise in the Bahamas (Jessica's dad, mom, brother, and sister).

We got back to Florida this past Thursday and have since made our way back to NC with short stops at Charleston and Myrtle Beach, SC. So now we are back in our little apartment for our one-year anniversary until we head up to Michigan on Tuesday for a few days, spend a week with Cameron's family in Tennessee, and then make it back to Wake Forest, NC for a frantic week of packing.

God has been so incredibly kind to us these last several weeks, and we really do appreciate all your prayers as we travel so much! Please let us know how we can pray for you, as well. 

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.    -Ephesians 1:15-23