Awaiting Our New Grandson :)

Dear Family & Friends,

Dale is in Brazil tonight experiencing the last night of the São Paulo State Pastor's Convention. It has been a thrilling event and he has communicated that many positive decisions were made during this event. I (Patti) flew home on Friday 9/17-18 and was whisked home by my dear friend Vickie Ingle. A few hours later she and her husband Cliff brought dinner by and we shared a meal. A few more hours of sleep, repacked suitcase, and Carlos & Tammy Peña picked me up to whisked me back to LAX, where I headed off to Colorado to be with Debbie, our daughter, as she prepares to give birth any day to our 4th grandchild.

Damian her husband, who serves in the Army and is stationed in S. Korea, flew into the same Denver airport on the same airline and we arrived minutes apart facilitating airport journeys for Debbie and Naomi (our 6 year old granddaughter). All of this was without trying to plan it that way. It could only be the Lord and His kind facilitation of all of this travel.

All is ready here and we are only awaiting those "contractions" that make it all possible. Dale will arrive at LAX on Saturday 9/26 after an all night flight and will be preparing for a trip to Denver to join me. I know he will have much to share about the final week he spent in Brazil and we will see that you are all informed. The next few weeks are somewhat unsettling so we sincerely appreciate your continued prayer.

We need to sell our home; pack up all our remaining belongings; store them away and head off to LA to finish our Foursquare Missions Department's training update. We will need to await their official acceptance (remember this trip was a trial run) for deployment. This will all take place after we make a much awaited stop at LIFE Pacific College where "The Pilgrim's Quartet" will probably make their last formal appearance before they are called to sing before the King Himself, in Heaven. :) I'm not trying to be morbid...just imagining that we are all heading in different directions once again after this special concert. We are deeply grateful for all the background work that Debby Brown has done, assisted by each member of the quartet and other special friends, in order to make this special event possible. Dale and I have been blown away by all of the outpouring of love and excitement surrounding this event and the ministry opportunity door that continues opening into the country of Brazil for a season.

Well, I will be posting again as soon as our new grandson is bouncing on my knee. :)

God bless each one and thank you for your continued prayers.

Much love,

Dale & Patti