Whew!

I have been anything but consistent in the last month.  However, travel to the places we have been has been part of that, a "due to circumstances beyond my control" kind of thing.  Our internet in Quito ended up timing out earlier than we had anticipated.  We have been back for three days in California, but they have been fun-filled days of wedding stuff, showers, and kids being home on break, Phil speaking in Sunday school, and my neck giving me extra troubles!  I am excited to catch you up a little over the next weeks with pictures of some of our travels, anecdotes etc.  I also want to share many eucharisteos, and pictures of the place that I sent you last summer that God had provided for us in Quito for this year of coming and going and being inbetween places doing ministry in both California and Quito, and beyond for International Teams.  We arrived in Quito two weeks ago right now, and drove up the hill into Quito from the new airport!  It is very far out there in the valley and so even though we were on the early flight and landed at 6:20 or so p.m. it was 9:30 by the time we got to our place.  It was all completely empty of Millers things with the exception of the two chairs we had bought, the bed, and the appliances.  Sandi had also thoughtfully left some food stuffs behind, and had milk and bread and some fruit in for us.  I took pictures of it empty, and with our boxes in, and then settled so you could see the process.  As well as hauling out stuff out of the Reicherts basement, we collected furniture from all parts and people who had borrowed it, and now all our things in Quito are in one location.  My daughter sent me a great blog that captures much of what I am processing these days, indeed one of the posts was entitled "In Betweenness"  and very much reiterates or echoes much of what I wrote about some months ago in my In between Places post.  It is encouraging to find another who can relate to the journey we are on. 
I am thankful today for family, for weddings, and babies, for marriage, for in-laws, for sunshine, and yes, for my kitty cat, Anastasia!  Amber, Derek and Natalie took good care of her while we were away.
  What are you thankful for this Monday?