State-side (by Thom)

This is a couple of days late, but we're back in the USA. Miriam and Hannah were wonderful on the airplane flights and we didn't have very much in the way of problems at customs. Our first official acts back on US soil were to eat cheeseburgers and then pizza! Our first full day was spent buying warm clothes. We left Mali at 100 degrees and arrived in zero degree temps in Detroit. That was quite a shock. We're now in Lima, OH to pick up our car and then we'll be heading to visit Amanda's mom in Northern Michigan (this doesn't show up on the furlough calendar on our website because it's officially a 'vacation' time and not 'furlough' time). We're having a great time with our girls and our family and friends. Thanks for the many prayers for safe travel!