Trip To Minnesota

After IKEA we went to Willmar to meet the new pastor of our home church. That night Zach and Rachel went to youth group. John was able to share and pray with the worship team before the meeting. Zach played with his old friend Ryan, the beast. (He was playing the role of the beast in Beauty and the Beast at WHS. Excellent!)Thursday was spent running around St.Cloud. John was on the air with Praise FM in Osakis. He helped with the share-a-thon. The kids and I met with my Dad for lunch to say good-bye before he heads to Arizona for the winter. Then we went shopping and got Rachel a new haircut for her birthday. That night we drove back up to Alexandria, MN picking up John on the way. This was an adventure in itself because I had never been to Praise FM before and it was dark outside and it was snowing. I made a new driveway across their frontyard. Sorry, Dave! The kids and I were laughing so hard we were crying.

Friday John worked at Praise FM again while the kids and I drove back to Willmar and we did more hanging around town, shopping, and saw Beauty and the Beast and the Willmar High School.

Saturday was filled with visiting old friends and catching up. Saturday night we were able to have a time a worship and prayer in the chapel at church. Hannah was our photographer. It was very special to worship together as a family, I'm so proud of where the Lord has brought our kids.

Sunday we headed back home to Kansas City, exhausted. These are scenes from the car ride. It's winter already.

An energy plant outside of Council Bluffs, IA . We think it looks cool at night.

We arrived home around midnight and collapsed.