Fair Day

Today we took the kids to the Pierce County Fair. We had a great time. We got to visit a lot of free exhibits and the kids went on a few rides.

It did our hearts good to hear what their favorite thing at the fair was. They all said that their favorite part of the fair was hearing the Bible story at the Child Evangelism Fellowship Tent.

What a wonderful testimony that our kids love the Lord.

We talked with the couple after the other kids were gone and found out that they go to a independant Baptist church in Chehalis, WA. They have even been to our church. It was the first booth we went to, and it was a great start to the day.

Tate Update

Ok, so I know that it has been a while since I have written anything and I am not going to start off by making excuses. I will just say that I am sorry and will try to do better in the future. :-)

So many things have been happening to our family. We had a great time with the East Hill Baptist Church teenagers. They came down the end of June for a Missions Trip. It was during this trip the President of Honduras was arrested for trying to put through an illegal vote allowing him to rewrite the Constitution.

Because of the after affects (and threats) of this event we left the country and came back the US for a time. We are monitering the situation in Honduras and are looking forward to the time when things have cooled down enough for us to go back.

At this time we are visiting supporting churches near our sending church trying to raise the money needed to buy plane tickets back to Honduras. Please pray with us about that.

This morning we called a supporting church, Riverview Baptist church, to let them know what was going on and they asked us to come and visit tonight. This church has been a faithful supporter since we left for language school in 2002. We had wanted to visit as we have many friends here, but the timing was never right. Anyway we had tonight free and they asked us to come.

I was able to see my best friend that I had all of my growing up years. Her name is Stephanie Erquiaga and as she was showing me to the nursery, I saw someone walk down the hall toward me. It was my best friend from college, Audrey Longo (now Coffman). I was so excited to see her. I have tried to get a hold of her many times, but could never find her. We were able to talk and had a great time. It was so funny because I introduced my friend Stephanie to her. During the service Stephanie remembered that her and Audrey had both been my bridesmaids. I had even forgotten. When she reminded Audrey at the end of the service she said, "I knew you looked familiar, but I couldn't remember from where."

I am so thankful that God has used this time to refresh not only our spirits, but has also allowed to us renew old friendships.