Voss Voyages: Houston, Texas

We have begun our 4 month visit to the US. We will pass through 13 different states, drive over 6000 miles and stay in 22 different homes. It will be such a privilege to see so many friends and relatives along the way. We started in Houston, TX for a 2 week visit at our home church, Bethel. We lived in Houston for 3 years before leaving the US to serve the Lord in Latin America. Mark’s parents drove down to Houston to bring us their car so that we can drive it for the summer. We spent two very special nights together at a hotel, and then they flew home to Lincoln. (We happily suspect that the real reason for the trip was that they didn’t want to wait 2 months until we make our way to see them in Nebraska.) We stayed 2 weeks in the home of the Laus who made us feel very comfortable. Reagan loved playing with their son, Elijah. We saw an average of 3 groups of people each day while in Houston, including church families, neighbors, home fellowship groups, and my cousin Stephanie whom I had not seen in 5 years. At Stephanie’s home, our kids ran in the grass barefoot for the first time, and also drank from her garden hose. They thought this was so fun because the water in Honduras is not clean enough to drink. Reagan also made a very special visit to Nasa in Houston along with a friend from our church who works there. He showed him several different airplanes that the astronauts train in and even let him put on a flight helmet and sit in an ejection seat. At the end of our stay in Houston, Clarissa broke her arm, but the doctors put on a beautiful, pink, waterproof cast so that she will be able to swim.