San Fran, Santa Barbara, Rhode Island!

Hey Everybody!

Here are a few pics from the last month or so: Enjoy!

We stopped in San Francisco to visit our friends Tarik and Erika on our way back to Santa Barbara. They showed us all around the city and gave us the warmest SF welcome -- we had a blast!

They both moved up to San Francisco to be a part of Reality, a church planted by our home church, Reality Carpinteria. The church is brand new and already full every Sunday!

Our friends, Jason & Rachel, two of the coolest people we know -- grinding on some burgers!

This last month we we were house sitting for our friends Dale & Julia while they were in Hawaii. It was a great time of rest after 10 months of doing ministry. They have a sweet garden...and we got to enjoy the fruit of the land! Never mind the dork in this pic... he is simply trying to show that the zucchini was the size of his head.

We've never eaten so many apricots ever!

Bethany dried them out in the oven and made apricot jam... I know it's pretty rough being married to her :)

Back on the RIGHT COAST!!
Rhode Island!

This is my parents summer house...nah just kidding...

Bethany with my sister Becky (left) and my brother's girlfriend Caroline (middle)

We stayed with my Aunt Kathy and Becky and pretty much did everything together. This is us post-exercise... together.

Hanging on Block Island

We saw our buddy Andy Collins out on Block Island. He lives there in the summer and is GETTING MARRIED out there in September!

There's nothing like a beer after a long day of bike riding, or a long day of anything, for that matter.

This is Mel. She was a student in the DTS we staffed in Montana. She lives in Massachusetts and made the trip down to RI to hang with us for a day. We love you Mel!

My sweet Mom and Dad

There were actually some fun waves while we were there -- and the water temp was around 74 degrees!

We did the cliff walk in Newport and checked out all the mansions. We were looking to buy but nothing was big enough for us. Ssshhhyyya!

It was so cool getting to spend time with my brother Andrew and his girl, Caroline. Love you guys!
It was an amazing time together! Thank you Jesus for my family!

So, we will be in Santa Barbara for the next few months preparing to move to Australia. Our goals during this time are to re-connect with our friends, to re-connect with our church, to raise the needed monthly financial support, to find some sort of job (Lord willing), and to gear up, physically and spiritually for our new life in the Southern hemisphere!

Please pray for us !!
Pray:

* for wisdom in how we spend our time (friends, church, working etc.)
* for discernment regarding jobs (where should we work? how many hours? Doing what?)
* that we would be a blessing and an encouragement to our Church family
* that the Lord would put it on specific people's hearts to pray for us and support us financially
* that we sell our car before we leave ('98 Honda Prelude)

We love you all!
Luke and Bethany