On our last day in London, we had an hour red bus ride to the area where the church would be. We stopped at a sandwich shop to get some food and then went on to a Starbucks to order some things and to sit down. Starbucks was the only place in that particular location that had inside seating. There, we enjoyed our meal and reached out to several people in the restaurant. Throughout the trip when the children would make eye contact with someone and felt a receptive spirit, they would nudge one of us to see if we could give a CD or other gift to that person. Then one of the older people would go and ask the person if it was ok for the child to share. This happened many times. After giving out several gifts and encouraging people, Monica began talking with a young mother. The mother was in the restaurant with her twin 4 year olds. As it turned out, the young mother lives in London and is named Monica as well! She is in the process of deciding what to do with her children and their coming education. She is feeling pressure to put them in school. She wanted to know about what we have done with our children and hopefully, we were a good encouragement to her. She was lovely and she asked for contact information from us and we hope to hear from her soon.
We also wanted to thank Grandma Judy, she had such a sweet spirit and was very gracious and transported us all over London and made sure we got where we needed to go.
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| We love you Grandma Judy! |
Thank you to the people who looked after our home while we were away. Our dear neighbors who have always looked after us, especially while we are away and our friends who have just returned from mission work in Istanbul.
Thank you to our bookkeeper who looked after the business and to Celeste Tenpenny, Ellen Davis, Phillip Fuester, Randy Delacruz, co-op host/hostesses and all base site workers who carried on well without us.
The 9 Browns
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