Joy in St. Louis, Disappointment in Kansas, Research in Illinois

We had a great visit with Chris and Eleanor at the end of last week. It was so good to be with them for a couple days. We wanted to be sure we got together with them before heading to Venezuela in August, so we are grateful it worked out. We drove from there to Kansas to visit with a relative in prison, and experienced heartbreak and disappointment. The day we went to visit him the visitation got cancelled due to flooding in the visitation room. We haven't seen him in a long time and were really looking forward to spending time with him before heading down south, but it was not to be. We went back on Monday to ask for an exemption to the weekend-only visitation rule, but they wouldn't make an exception, so no joy there. Curious as to God's larger plan. We are now in Effingham, Illinois, where Dan is doing dissertation research interviews. This is the last church he'll do this with, and then the field research component will be complete. This will leave literature review, field research analysis, and writing as the three large components remaining to finish his dissertation, which he will do while we are in VZ. Thursday we drive home to Wilmore for Dan to pack a suitcase for his Costa Rica mission trip, then we drive Thursday afternoon/evening to the Atlanta area, because on Friday we need to go to Athens to open a bank account. Then Saturday Dan flies to Costa Rica while Nancy drives to Wilmore to finish up the packing prior to a big move on July 27th. Thank you for your continued prayers. Much Love, Dan and Nancy