Southside and Southport--Thanks for your hospitality!

We had a genuinely wonderful time in Indianapolis the weekend of October 7, and we're sorry it's taken us so long to post our appreciation! Sunday morning, we spoke at Southport Church of the Nazarene in suburban Indianapolis. The church has a beautifully remodeled auditorium and we enjoyed our time in Hal Hutton's Sunday school class and in the morning worship service very much. Thanks to Pastor Brewer and Hal for your kindness and hospitality.

After lunch at Jonathan Byrd's, which advertises itself as the world's largest cafeteria, and an abbreviated Nazarene nap, we were part of the evening service at Southside Church of the Nazarene. This service was special both because of the high energy music, because of the extra effort that Phyllis Richards and her team made to assure that the media was working right, and because we had lots of family with us. In addition to Phyllis and Pastor J.D. Bailey, we want to thank our "sister" Mary Mercer, Uncle Phil and Aunt Mary, Chris and Tom, and Carol and her daughter and son-in-law for making the trip to visit us--it was wonderful!

Finally, we got to meet the legendary Martha Bean. She is working with two missionary intern couples for the Indianapolis District right now (Us and Steven and Dana Porter), and we all agree that she is a model deputation coordinator. SOOoooooo--thanks to everyone at both of these churches! We have wonderful memories of our time with you and look forward to being with you again!