Pastor Gene!

For the first time in nearly 10 months, we got to see Pastor Gene during his visit to Harrisburg while on his "LTC Tour." It was great to reconnect and revisit the the God-given-goodness of being in each other's lives. We had a good 1-hour+ visit in his hotel room, then on to Messiah College where he was the keynote speaker for the Evangelical Congregational Church conference, then on the Cracker Barrel (one of the great places CA lacks) for dinner. Thanks for dinner, Pastor Gene! (and thanks to Pastor John for the idea :-)

In other news, we've had a great time with Nonno and Nonna (Susan's parents). They'll be leaving early tomorrow morning to fly back to CA. Additionally, (which we'll tell you more about in the days to come), we closed escrow on a house today! We are very thankful for this house and this little story that God drew up with all of it's unique little twists and turns and beautiful ending, just for us. It's all Him and it's all His. Stay tuned.....

Nonno and Nonna are here!

Mom and Dad Ferro came last Tuesday night and here are a few pictures of the first 7 days (they're here til this Saturday morning). Pictures include reunion at the airport, Philadelphia, Valley Forge, Amish Country and Hershey (all last Friday and Saturday). Click here to view them all.

House News!

Dear Praying Friends and Family,
We are very excited to tell you that although we have technically been in contract with a house for the past week, it wasn't until today that we felt the final "go-ahead" from the Lord (through a variety of beautiful signs) to move forward without restraint; or at least MOSTLY without restraint as we all know how escrow can work sometimes. But nevertheless, we are VERY confident that this is where God wants us for now and we have taken very intentional and committed steps to secure this house as our next abode. We will keep you posted AND send pictures as we are able, which will probably not be until late May/early June (closing is set for May 29). Not to say that we won't post anything til then, just probably not much on the house. Thanks again for your prayers as the Lord brings it to mind.

My Cous's

I (Geoff) had the rare opportunity to see two of my cousins this weekend. Jen, unintentionally surprised me by showing up (not to see me but because she homeschools her kids in the DC area) at a huge Christian Homeschool Convention in Harrisburg on Friday. Then Stan came up with GmaC, Aunt Joan and Uncle Bob on Sunday for Mother's Day when we shared in an awesome game of Wiffle Ball (in addition to celebrating our mother's, of course). This was also the day, incidentally, when Connor drove a van full of 8 people (our van's max) around town including his great grandmother. Pretty cool. It was great to see you all!