Dear friends and family,
We arrived in America on August 23! We spent 2 weeks in Park City, Utah (Jason’s hometown) and then 10 days in Southern California (Jenn’s neck of the woods). We’ve been a little MIA as all members of the family have experienced sickness over the last 3.5 weeks. Though it has limited our ability to meet with several of our supporters (super disappointing), we have had some quality time with both the Byers and Gunderson families. We’ve also been able to have some fun along the way!
Reverse culture shock: Many missionaries experience reverse culture shock when they return to their passport countries. We feel that this has been moderate this time around for us parents. It’s been fun to introduce our kids to “American things” and places. Have you ever tried “fry sauce” in Utah? It’s good!
Praise: Jason and Jenn received new Utah driver’s licenses. We thought the process might be tedious, but it was quite simple (besides almost falling asleep during the open book written test!)
Prayer:
1. Please pray that our family completely heals up.
2. Please pray for homeschooling and that we could get in a healthy rhythm, even in our unique situation.
3. Our rented house in Thailand flooded a week after we came to America. The house needs some intense repair and our landlady is having a hard time finding someone who will fix it. Please pray that the house can be fixed before we return, or that we can find a suitable place to move to when we get back.
4. Support level: We are roughly at 57.5% of our support level. Please pray we can increase our support level while we are back in the States!
We are now driving back to Ephraim/Manti, Utah where we will be based for the next 2 months. We will resume homeschool, visit our supporting churches on the weekends and will be making a big trip back to Missouri in October. We will send a separate email with all the churches that we will be visiting soon. We would love if you could come to one of those services!
Blessings,
-Jenn & Jason
