America

Ok so this blog is really really late from the actual time it occured. We are behind at bit. At the end of April we went home to the states for a Kids Alive global 'Soul Care Conference'. Missionaries from around the world came for 3 days of relaxing, learning, and fellowship. And just where do you host a Global conference? Well Wisconsin of course. Home of the in-door water parks. It was really neat to share time with people serving everywhere from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and South America. Every country did a presentation where they shared about their site and the children they are rescueing. We left feeling loved and cared for by our organization.

We also spent an extra week with some friends in Seattle. My best friend Jeremy and his wife Mehgan, and soon to be little Jeremy jr. I have known Jeremy for about 10 years. We were in our first band together (even though we couldn't initially play intruments). Jeremy has been a good friend over the years and has always been there to talk to. We sometimes spend hours talking on the phone, or now 'Skype', about the trials we face, or talking through thick theological issues. Our time with them was great but also way too short.

The last part of our trip included a stop in NYC. Originally when I bought the plane ticketts we had an 11 hr lay over and planned to go out and see the city. The flights changed and we only had 5hrs of lay over making it a little harder. Especially because we had to switch airports inbetween as well. By the time we got to JFK and put our bags in storage we had only 3hrs left. Caitlin had never been so we decided to try. We took the subway downtown at around 3am. We literally got off the subway and started running like crazy people in the almost empty Times Square so we could see as much of the downtown as possible. 30min later we hopped in a cab, as the subway was too slow, and paid a rediculous amount of money to get back to the airport in time to check in. It was an adventure. Really stupid, really crazy, really expensive, but fun! After being up for around over 50 hrs strait our bed was the best welcoming home present you could ask for.