Dr. Steve Allison in the Neighborhood

In early August, Steve Allison visited us while passing through the area. Where are you going to be "in the area?" -- Bali, as well as some other Asian countries. He works with missionaries as part of his job. So, he flew in on a Wednesday and played until Sunday. Unfortunately, Mark had to work Thursday and Friday, but we made up for it on Saturday. Steve (as introduced by Mark to some of his friends) is an old professor of Mark's from ACU.


I believe Steve had a good time with Olivia, reminding him of his daughters who are now grown and out of the house. Olivia and Steve hit it off quickly. I believe Steve's first assessment was, "man, she's verbal!" We got to hear lots of stories of how Olivia was similar to one of his daughters. Unfortunately, it is the same daughter who yelled "what the hell is going on in here" when the preacher visited! He brought Olivia a game of checkers, which Olivia quickly turned into her own game of Stack & Crash. Steve also treated Mark & Courtney to a dinner one night to one of the fancier places in town (without Olivia). Mmmmm.


We had a good time on Saturday driving around the whole island. We stopped at Jeff's Pirate Cove and had lunch with Esther (co-worker) and Jim (her husband). Then, we went to their house to have desert and hear about their trips to Bali. We also did some swimming in their pool. The whole trip to Guam allowed Steve to get adjusted to his jet lag and relax a little bit before getting down to work. I know we had a good time with him here.