In Dine Bikeyah...

So we are back out on the rez for a week.  Wish it were for better reasons we came.  The lose of a17 year old is never easy. Nor should it be. Yet sure are we of where he is today, in heaven with Jesus.  It was good to see our many friends who were here for the memorial.  Many from BABR, college, and Thoreau.  Now we have a week here to perpare and refocus.

What do we mean by refocusing?  When one faces  great hardships, tis wise to look at where we are at, what path God has set before us, and steps are needed to get there.  This is such a time for us.  We know that we are home nowhere but Dine Bikeyah... so what more can we do to get home?  Soon time will make that clear too.

Rob and Michelle

Trouble on The Road...

Here we sit, at a car shop in Tennessee...
Waiting to see if Stormy is going to be fixed.
Waiting to see if we can make it to New Mexico by August 10th...
Waiting to see what is going on...
Transmission being replaced....
On the bright side we learned that some hotels still take cash.
Praying we can get back on the road... and make it to the memorial.

~ Rob and Michelle Nickles

Server Heights Baptist Church and Stormy

We had a meeting Monday with David Harkins, Missions Pastor at Sevier Heights Baptist Church.  It was a wonderful meal at Cracker Barrel, where we shared about our heart and ministry with the Navajo.  David let us know he would be getting back up with us for other groups at Sevier Heights we will be able to share with!  What a blessing!

After visiting our old haunts in East Knoxville, where we lived when we were first married back in 2008 and picking up more Thank You Cards (always needed), we headed back up Jelico Mountain towards Keavy, KY.   This time all went well.  That teaches us not to go up big mountains with the air conditioner still on.  Blah!  Stormy, the car, is doing well.

~ Rob and Michelle

Knoxville and Car - Stormy

We went and shared for the first time with some staff at First Baptist of Concord, and will be returning August 14 for a more detailed presentation.  The trip was awesome.  It was fun to see and be places we had not seen in 5 years since we lived in Knoxville just after getting married.   The trip there was truely uneventful, but not so would be the trip back...

The trip back, well, we have to cross Jellico Mountain to get back to Keavy.  Well it was a nice hot day, and "Stormy", our car, did not like the height of the mountain combined with the heat.  Thusly, she kept slowly getting hot.  Finally, one exit from home we had to pull off and just let her cool down.  Took her into the shop Wednesday morning.  Thermostat is fine, hoses looking good...just keep an eye on her, at least she is ok.

~ Rob and Michelle Nickles