After our 6 hour flight from Amman, we had a very nice visit in England. Luke's father and youth pastor, Nicholas, met us at the airport. Luke had a different flight several hours later, so they took us to Runnymeade where the Magna Carta was signed by King John in 1215. (If you don't remember your history, the Magna Carta was the first statement of human rights and the limiting of a king's power.) When Luke arrived they picked us up an drove us to Luke's village, Mayfield, East Sussex.The picture was taken at Runnymeade. If you haven't noticed, I shaved my beard off a couple of weeks ago.
Mayfield is very quaint. Luke's family fed us a very traditional English meal of roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, potatoes, and several desserts, and then sent us home with several hospitable families from his home church. We left Luke in England Friday as his father Adrienne drove us to the Heathrow airport.
The flight was long, almost 12 hours, but the choice of movies made the time pass faster. Jackson's brother met us in the airport and drove us through heavy traffic back to Stockton. Jackson's mother met us with yummy homemade eggrolls and chow mein. We drove from there back to Redding and arrived around 10:30 PM.
When we woke up at 6:30 AM, Micah and Claire had already left for Washing state.
The whole 6 week trip was a real blessing to all of us and to our friends working in Jordan. Thanks for praying and keeping in touch. We will probably send more updates as we reflect back on the trip.
Grace and peace,
Michael
