We headed out on Friday the 18th of August. While in PA, we avoided a car that blew out a tire. This reminded us to pray for safety and praise the LORD for His protection. We arrived safely in Greenwood Indiana after 10 hours of travel. We spent Friday night and the entire day of Saturday with family. Even went to a prairie town museum. Sunday, we ended up leaving later then planned but just in time to stream line LVBC's Sunday Service. What a powerful message that would help us through the rest of the trip, especially the part about going to God with the big stuff but trying to handle the little stuff on our own until we get so overwhelmed. In Indiana, my map-lover Cousin helped us pull out the atlas and plan our route. We knew we were heading to MO to spend the night with family friends. But there was a little mix up in translation. One of the traveling partners thought the place we were staying at was closer to Kansas City but in all reality it was in the opposite dangle corner. So we planned or route to Missouri and on through Kansas where the news is about cows and corn... I kid you not! On Sunday night, we spent the night at a family friends house near Poplar Buff Missouri. On Monday morning, very early we set out for our next stop in Colorado. We couldn't wait. Neither one of us had ever been in that state. A new adventure. :-) We drove up through Missouri and then on through Kansas. What a boring state... Sorry Pastor Hammett. :-) We arrived at Burlington Co... but to our disappointment it looked like Kansas. We planned on staying there Monday night and all day Tuesday. We then would leave Wednesday morning. Since we wanted to see the Rockies so badly we desided to drive to Boulder and spend the day there. It was so beautiful! We then left around 4 and headed back to the hotel. On Wednesday, we set out to go home. While driving through New Mexico, one of the traveling partners realized that we were passing right by our new found friends! :-) We just had to stop and stay the night. Thursday morning, we set out. We quickly realized that finding a rest stop in the west is very challenging especially one with a bathroom. At one point the GPS said continue for 186 miles.... Let me just tell you, there was nothing on this road. Not one gas station ... not one bathroom ... not one town. We made it home fine though without running out of gas or having any accidents of any sort. I also, want to add this about New Mexico. They really need to work on their service signs. For the blue sign might list four places for food but they forget to mention that you could go almost an hour out of your way to get there. Needless to say, New Mexico is special ... it holds a special family and in the lower region is a very specially brother who is in training as a Border Patrol agent. We pulled into Florence Arizona at 5 pm Az time. Tired but Happy :-)
The purpose of this Blog is to encourage Christians to "Stick Fast to Christ!" When the situation looks too dark and the trials seem to overwhelm the heart, take heart and look up! The LORD is in control! Trust Him!
