Another 30 hour day of travelling.  I left Thessaloniki as the early morning sun brighten the slopes of Mount Olympus in the distance; arrived in a snowy Munich, Germany, for two hours; made the trans-Atlantic flight to a crisp afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina; arrived in a rainy and cool New Orleans; finally asleep in my own bed in Baton Rouge.  As my lovely Dutch wife often says, “East, West, home is best.”

Nathan & Tamsey Smith

It was a blessing to have a brieft visit at the Charlotte airport with my very good friends Nathan and Tamsey Smith ( www.smallpersonmusic.com ), and Nathan’s sister Kristen.  I shared quickly with them about the trip and we had a few minutes of prayer together.  Nathan and I were together on staff at Christian Life Church ( www.clcwired.com ) in Orange Beach, Alabama, and made a mission’s trip to Croatia and Bosnia two years ago together ( http://www.smallpersonmusic.com/HOPE_2007.html ).