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Archive for April, 2008

Okay, coming in behind having to leave friends and family when heading back to the mission field, the next worse thing is dealing with packing/luggage.  This is what is traveling onboard with us from Charlotte to Dar es Salaam:

Checked items:

3 suitcases – 68 lbs, 62 lbs, 57 lbs

3 RubberMaid 18 gallon containers – 50 lbs, 47 lbs, 42 lbs

2 Sterlite 18 gallon containers – 43 lbs, 37 lbs

1 Sterlite 15 gallon container – 47 lbs

1 handbag (Asher’s allowed check) – 14 lbs

1 Car seat bag (w/other stuff inside) – 35 lbs

2 dogs in kennels – 29 lbs, 10 lbs

1 Coleman cooler packed with stuff – 46 lbs

Carry-on items:

2 carry-on suitcases – 35 lbs, 26 lbs

1 bookbag – 18 lbs

1 baby stroller – 18 lbs

1 diaper bag – 8 lbs

1 purse – 135 lbs (just kidding!)

See why it comes in a close second???!!!

In my last post, I was optimistic about having two hands free yesterday to be able to tell you about Sunday.  As you can see, nothing was posted.  One and one together is… well, you get the picture!

Here is what Sunday looked like:

Nightly dance with Asher.

6:45am – Dana is the first up to begin getting ready for church

7:50am – Dana and Asher leave with Dale and Dianne to visit their church (St. Peters Lutheran) one last time

8:15am – Asher attends his first full worship service

8:20am – I leave to go to First United Methodist Church of Conover

8:45am – I speak at the 1st worship service at FUMCC and am presented with hand-knitted prayer shaws for all 3 in the McCall family

9:15am – The SPL congregation is introduced to Asher in a post worship service shin-dig

10:10am – Dale, Dana and Asher arrive at FUMCC and along with me visit a couple of classes and receive an awesome personalized blanket from our friends Jeff, Kim and Lee

11:00am – I speak at the 2nd worship service

12:45pm – We all are back at home for some leftovers for lunch

1:30pm – We enjoy the NASCAR race and a welcomed nap

6:30pm – I pig out on grilled barbeque ribs, cream corn and iced tea

9:00pm – The bed sucks me in like a black hole

Got Asher zonked out in my left arm so I’m pecking the keys w/ my right.

Just wanted to give a HUGE thank you to the congregation of First United Methodist Church in Conover.  We had agreat time with you this morning.

I’ll fill the rest of you in on our day once I’ve got 2 hands free tomorrow.

When Asher was only 16 hours old, we were already having to contemplate the repercussions of such long hair on his young head.

Click the picture to see the video clip.

It is interesting the things you find that:

Capture your baby’s attention (I’ve seen him go almost 5 consecutive minutes looking at it; and he’s only 6 weeks old!):

And put him to sleep (while riding on it in his car seat):

We left the house @ 7:15am in order to make the 1+ hour trip to our home church. At the beginning of the first worship service, Asher was dedicated.

Immediately after that, we headed out to the lobby to see a bunch of our friends for the last time before we head back to TZ.

Then, we visited the Kemper class; full of loving supporters.

Then, to the Leopard class to visit before Dana had to use an empty room to feed Asher.

From there, it was off to visit our home class. It was nice to be at home with all of them before we leave.

Can you believe there was more?!

We met my folks and my brother with his family at Ryan’s Steakhouse (way too expensive IMHO). With full bellies we made the drive back to Hickory.

Not done yet.

Mark and Traci, dear friends of ours, stopped by this evening for a few hours to visit on their way up to Asheville. It was nice to just sit and chat with them.

Now, I’m ill cause I just found out Jimmie Johnson won the Cup race last night. Yuck. On top of that, there’s no race next weekend, our last stateside. Oh well. I think it will end up helping us transition out. Wow… only 12 days left here.  I just exhaled.

Tomorrow morning I’m heading to Waxhaw. That’s where JAARS is located. They’ve got a great shipping department for we Wycliffe folks. When we came back, we didn’t expect to have to send over a pallet-load of baby stuff. We’ve gotten that much. So much actually that the Isuzu Rodeo I’m driving is filled to the gills, even the front seat! There’s like a little cubby where I’ll pilot the load down the road. Departure day is comin’.

Dana and Asher both had doctor appointments today.  Dana and Asher both were found to be in  GREAT health!

Then, about 15 minutes after we got home from the doctors, the doorbell rang.  I answered it and was handed a Priority Mail envelope from our mailman.  It was Asher’s passport!  We applied for it 15 calendar days ago!  That is a great relief as the passport is needed before we can apply for his dependent’s pass for Tanzania.

I’m a firm believer against coincidences.

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