Women's Conference, "Magellan" Chapman and Thai Food

This weekend we attended the PCA women's conference in Atlanta, Georgia. There were almost 3,500 women in attendance and it was a great opportunity to say and show that the work on the coast still continues and needs their support. There were some great conversations and opportunities to catch up with old friends (campus minister's wives, etc...) as well as make new contacts for Lagniappe. The interstate photo on the left is included in the blog as a tribute to Andy "Magellan" Chapman who took over the helm on our way to Atlanta. I casually pulled over south of Montgomery, got some more coffee, plugged in my laptop and left it to Andy to simply take us to Atlanta. After getting engrossed in my work I happened to look out the windshield to see "Birmingham 14"! Fourteen miles to Birmingham? Andy was on the phone when I screamed. Needless to say I abused him all the way to Atlanta and planned at that moment to blog about it- the only virtue of the detour was that it made the drive home today seem short (acutally it was 1.5 hours shorter.) At the top right are Sid and Shay Grant from Gainville, Georgia- new friends of Lagniappe! We accompanyed them to a Thai resturaunt in Atlanta for dinner on Friday night- it was amazing! I love oriental cooking, but this was off the charts- I wish we had one here in the Bay. I could go for it anytime! One of those strange things about it- you have it and then an hour later you could eat again and again and again.... What a great night! Sid is working on putting together a group to come down to the coast and do a whole house build with us! Can't wait to have them in the Bay!