a catch up day

we are in Nashville on the last leg home. Debbi's brother and sister live here now, so the other siblings came down for a bit of a family reunion yesterday. Some of us will be around for the rest of the week. We wanted to share a few pictures with you so you could know what was up.

Here is the car my dad and I bought Duncan and Meg. It's a 2006 PT Cruiser, standard shift. Only a small hurdle, since neither of them have ever driven a "stick". I spent a good deal of time practicing with Duncan the week before the wedding. He got better every day...


Of course, Duncan and Meg called on the first day of their honeymoon to tell us that when they left, Meg promptly got sick... in the car... She said it had nothing to do with Duncan's driving!!!


Actually, I think it was just nerves - the weather was hot and muggy (as usual for SC) and the wedding itself was quite exciting/emotional/etc., for all of us, so it is no wonder that she reacted.

Cullen was in our pictures, but unable to participate, as he had a 24 hour bug and was throwing up and running a fever the day of the wedding. We were all disappointed, but the wedding went off without a hitch in any case. There were about 250 folks in attendance.

The next pictures are of the front of BJU campus. The entrance is slated for renovation this summer, with the Welcome Center about to come down, reconfiguring everything to make it safer.


The pillar you see below came down before the wedding. Rory tried to get them to give him an "R" and a "J" off the pillar, but they have other plans for the letters. The pillar had been in place for over 40 years.


The last picture today goes back to Sunday, the 3rd, when we visited with the church in Georgia where Duncan and Meg serve on the weekends. We wanted to go down and visit the church and get a sense for what the kids are doing on the weekends.

On the left is the pastor, Dave Wood, an acquaintance from many year's back. (Debbi's brother had Dave in his youth group many moons ago.) Next to him is Andy Efting, a deacon and a fellow I correspond with on the internet a good deal. He is a really solid guy. It was great to finally meet him and put a face to the name. The rest of the folks there you know... This was on the Sunday that Debbi stayed back with her mom.

Well, I have to beat it, but I did want to give you this update. We may have a bit more soon. I'll see if I can scare up some other wedding pics. With both boys in the wedding, they were not thinking about pictures, so we don't have many good ones...

I think Duncan plans to put some pictures up on his site later, duncanandmeg.org, but that will be after the weekend sometime.

BTW, for those wondering, our smoked salmon for the reception made it down and was a big hit! A taste of the island in Greenville!

ESV Colossians 1:3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you.

God bless...

See you soon

Pastor Don
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