Back in the US of A

Well it was a long flight, 15 hours with one stop in Hong Kong but we made it 1 1/2 hours early with the winds pushing us all the way. We still had to go through all the passport control and customs lines and then we were met by Jen. It was so good to see her and be able to actually read the road signs and have an authentic Mexican dinner. Chris and his fiancee Jeanette came over and brought us a car that our friends are so graciously loaning us. Cute little Mazda. On Wednesday we surprised our grandsons by picking them up from school, boy have they grown. Each time we leave them now to go back to the apt we are staying in that our denomination is providing, they ask are we going to fly back to our house. They don't understand that two months is a long time. On Saturday Jen and I gave a lingerie shower for Jeanette. It was a lot of fun, we played a game where she had to answer questions about Chris, she got eleven out of 19. Each time she was wrong she had to chew a piece of bubble gum, she had quite a wad when we were done. Then on Sunday Mark spoke at all four services at our church. It was great to be able to see so many friends that we had left behind. We are so thankful for them and all of their support. Today we are exhausted, partly still due to jet lag. The laundry is done, Mark is trying to repair his computer and then we are going to take several laps around the Lake here in Echo Park. Its a beautiful day and I am grateful to be home.