Ventura journey

We rolled into Ventura in the afternoon on Saturday; had Baja Fresh for lunch ... Rob was made very happy by this. We got to the Greenslates and settled into our room-for-the-week. After cleaning up a bit from the road trip, we went to Rob's childhood church, Eastminster Presbyterian, for the kickoff of their 40 Days of Purpose. It's amazing how we've been to so many churches in the last couple of years but have never actually been available for the full 40 days at any given church. This was our first kickoff. It was good to finally see what all the fuss is about.

Sunday was great. We spoke at Peace Lutheran in Camarillo; our first joint speaking engagement! It went quite smoothly. Of course, my favorite part was the one-on-one afterwards. We met one guy who had just come from a safari in Namibia mere weeks before. Another knew the Borchards, fellow LBT missionaries. Another shared our interest in the Messianic movement in Judaism. Great conversations and encouragement ... fellowship, right? Love to be there when it happens.

This morning, we met with the pastor at Mount Cross Lutheran. That was pretty encouraging. And not only is he gung-ho about missions, he has a fun giraffe collection. We just came from a meeting with DeDe Taylor, missions elder at Eastminster. Also a good time. It looks like a November trip will come together. We're also looking forward to being able to come back to this area on furlough ... we've been very well received and cared for.

We're at Latte 101 right now; free wireless. Well, with drink purchase. We're splitting a smoothie to keep legit. Catching up on blogging.

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