Home from the GHMC

J and L spent the last 2 days at the world's largest medical mission conference, where the best part was either the conference itself OR having 2+ days away from the kids. It's a toss up.

This visit marked our third year in a row at the GHMC, and the first one without the pressure of looking for a mission organization to join. Since that decision became official last month, we spent much no time "interviewing" representatives from all sort of organizations, which made the experience much more relaxing. We enjoyed breakout sessions on human trafficking, abortion, mobilizing for medical missions, and building partnerships. We sang with 2000+ other attendees, all passionate to see medicine used in reaching the world. We enjoyed sweet fellowship with our host family, the same couple we stayed with last year. We renewed old friendships from college, and furthered new ones from church. And, we reconnected with each other, taking time to pray and talk and plan and communicate in an extended way. Praise God for the gift of my mom, who graciously and eagerly stayed with our kids, making the conference possible for us.