On Saturday, June 28th, we heard the news that Dan's Dad, John, was not going to live much longer. How heartwrenching it was for us to be so far away from him when we found out. We quickly found plane tickets for all 5 of us, and prayed that we would make it to see John before he passed away. Thankfully, God not only answered our prayer, He answered it abundantly! We were able to spend a week with John before he died, and we praise God for that precious time. God is so good to us!! Although we suffer through the pain of losing John, we are so grateful to God that John knew Jesus as his Savior - we can say with confidence that we will see John again someday.


With such a unexpected trip back to the States, I couldn't get over how surreal it felt. We were unprepared to be back so quickly, and so it felt so weird to be participating in some of normal things that Minnesotans do in the summer, like watching the children playing in the lake. A week before, we had just gone to the one and only lake around Tlaxiaco, and it had been such a treat to see a lake, and now, we were surrounded by Minnesota's 10,000 lakes. Besides the surreality and the sadness that surrounded our trip, we were blessed to spend some time with our families and friends. The kids, who are ever so much more resilient than us, enjoyed their impromptu vacation. Here are some pictures of our trip:



Mexico City airport - we arrived at 2:30am, ticket counter opened at 4:30.
We were trying to have the kids sleep during our wait, but it didn't quite happen.


The Farr Family












4th of July parade in Ely, Minnesota



Our drive back to Mexico - still smiling after 33 hours in the car (little did they
know that they had 20 more hours to go!)