We are back home

We had a wonderful trip to the US, but we are also glad to be back home. These are a few pictures of our trip. Unfortunately, I got so carried away visiting, that I forgot to take many pictures.
This first picture is of Rebekah, Reuben, my aunt and uncle, Beverly and Kermit Hollingsworth and Rich. We were thrilled that we got to spend some time with them. I have a wonderful family but I don't get to see them very often.
Reuben graduated from Pepperdine on April 30th. These pictures are from Malibu. The 2nd picture is at Heroes Garden at the top of the hill.
And the last picture is Rebekah, Reuben, Rich and I at Reuben's graduation. Everyone at Pepperdine were very kind and we got to meet a lot of Reuben's friends. Thanks especially to the Selby's for allowing us to stay in their house for the time we were there. It was a wonderful visit.
We also went to Sherwood, Arkansas to spend some time with Kassie, our daughter-in-law. We only got a short time with her, but we enjoyed the visit. Our son, Randall is at Army boot camp so we didn't get to see him. We did get to talk to him twice on the phone.
After Sherwood, we drove on up to Batesville, Ark to the North Heights congregation. They support the work in Cambodia and have been excellent in taking care of the needs of the school and us while we have been here. It was great to spend a little time with them as well.
After that, we went to Broken Arrow and tried to see as many people as we could. More about the rest of the trip in the next blog. Much love, Ronda

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