Awesome Day!!!

Last night, Heidi and Matt parted ways for the third time since June. No kidding - we actually spend that much time together! Heidi went out in Houston with some of her friends from residency and Matt went to Orange to play with some guys he used to tour with. We both had an awesome time, even if we were a little disappointed to both be date-less.

Heidi got home at a decent hour and got some sleep. Matt rolled in at 4:30am and woke up at 6:30am to go to church. We were fortunate enough to get invited to speak at two different Sunday School classes at The Woodlands United Methodist Church. Both of these classes were incredibly supportive of the cleft palate kids and we wanted to tell them THANK YOU and let them know a little bit more about what we do.

We weren't really sure what to expect, never having been to this church. It is absolutely astounding how HUGE this church is and how amazingly beautiful! And the people there are so incredibly on fire for the Lord! They ministered to us more than we could have ever ministered to them. They were very interested to know what we're up to and were so loving and caring that we felt very much a part of their family.

Lunch was with Carrie and Dr. Lambert. Dr. Lambert has been a great friend of Agape In Action's throughout the years and we had heard so much about him but had never met him in person. He is even nicer and more of a Godly man than we had even been told! What a privilege to work with people like him.

This evening, we had another amazing opportunity to speak at Ecclesia Church in Houston. This is a really neat church we had attended just before we left Houston. It's a very artsy, progressive, "community"-type church and we have always really felt like we belonged there. And we got to hear Chris Seay preach and his brother, Robbie, sing - two things we have missed in Guatemala. We've had to make do with reading Chris's books and listening to Robbie on our iPod.

So, tomorrow, we're back to Beaumont and Orange to finish up some business we couldn't get done on Friday due to a busy schedule and too much traffic. But it's all good - we're hoping to see some more friends before we come back to The Woodlands for dinner with Jim and Kathleen Street!

Yes, things are very different here in the U.S., but when you're surrounded by people of God, they're very much the same, too.