Reunited

We landed at 10 am with all of our luggage.  And thank goodness, too, because one of those suitcases was filled with 2 frozen turkeys, a frozen ham, some frozen hot dogs, and some Beaver Nuggets from Bucee's (thanks to my small group on that last item :)).

Nafi talked airport security into letting her come in to get us so we got out with no problems...didn't even look twice at our bags.  We went straight to the tailor's shop to pick up my 2 new outfits.  I had to try them on in a little area that was about 100 degrees while Nafi & Abby held up a piece of fabric to guard me.  I'd already worked up a pretty good sweat at the airport, so wrangling those clothes on was interesting.  But they fit and I love them!

On the way home to Nafi's, we called Bryan (our back-translator) and told him to come at 1 pm.  He did and we pretty much got right to work.  We were able to back-translate 6 of our 32 Stories that afternoon before we took him home.  We came back to eat dinner at Nafi's house then went to greet Nick, our crafter (the one whose voice tells the Stories).  He just got married last week, so Nafi helped us to know what to bring as a gift.  She uploaded tons of pics from his wedding to the Lake Jackson Walmart and I picked them up.  We put them in a photo album and gave that to Nick and his wife, along with some new sheets (a very nice gift :)).  We spent about an hour over there and came home a little after 9 pm.  I told Abby we'd done pretty well for our first 12 hours back in the country!

Yesterday, Bryan was able to back-translate 14 more Stories for a total of 20 out of 32!!  We were excited, but we also knew that we needed to pick up the pace a little.  We stayed up late last night going through the back-translation and prepping the minor changes that we would need Nick to re-record today.  It was so much fun.  I actually find the whole process thrilling.  Yes, thrilling.

It has been so wonderful to be reunited with Nafi, Bryan, and Nick.  I just couldn't stop grinning like a weirdo for the first 2 hours we were with Bryan.  Abby and I have been talking about how it's such an odd feeling...it kind of feels like we never left.

So...please, please, PLEASE continue praying with us!  There are, of course, all the project-related things like finishing the back-translations, making tweaks to the recordings, and being able to distribute them.  But the biggest thing on all of our hearts right now is Bryan.  He is so close to the Jes-s Road.