still going...

Driving through Kentucky was pretty fun. Horses everywhere... The barns are all painted black and some of them have these really cool quilt patterns painted on them. I have no idea why...

So, last Friday we met with Matt Rapach, the brother of a guy Robin used to work with, and his wife, Sarah for dinner. It was a great time of getting to know them and having some fellowship with some fellow believers.

This shiny horse was on the way to dinner with the Rapach's. Ooh, shiny...

I had a lot in common with Sarah, she also went to school for music. Our whole purpose for meeting with them was to deliver the skate park measurements (the ones we got in Lexington SC). They also want to start a skate park outreach. Skate parks for Jesus!


This is a picture from Daniel's back yard in Georgetown KY. His neighbor has a prayer rock out in the yard. There's a big circle thing around it. It seems sort of like an idol to me. It's crazy the things that can distract people from the Lord.

We had fun with the family.

They taught us a great new game called The Settlers. I won!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

(i'm only a little bit competitive...)

Sunday we shared in the worship and did the slideshow at Daniel's church, Cane Run Baptist Church. Robin got to share about us for a couple of minutes, too. We were well received by the people.

Daniel and Robin

Sunday afternoon, we went and got to have lunch with Robin's family.

Beautiful Kentucky.
There are these stone fences everywhere. They were built by the slaves. It's amazing to see a piece of history. The workmanship is really good. It reminds me of the hard times they went through.


Monday morning we went to Jeffersonville KY, to see Robin's sister for 2 days. When we got there, no one was there. I looked out the back window and said, "oh look, they have a big black dog." and Robin replied, "uh, no, try a cow." They have a cow. I knew we really were in the hills of Kentucky at that point. =). It got out, and I was sort of cautiously trying to get it back in the cage when everyone got home. They came out laughing at me. Good times.

Robin got the cow back in. Yay

Birthday cake for Liam. He really hasn't had his birthday yet, but, that's ok.

Tuesday we went on a hike to see Natural Bridge. That was fun.


This is "fat man squeeze."

The kids love seeing their cousins.

Would you believe it? That night a tornado was coming through! The neighbors that lived in trailers all came over. There was about 19 people in the house. I don't think there was any damage anywhere. After an hour or two, everybody went home.

So much excitement for one 6 week trip!

On Wednesday we drove to Washington Indiana, my home town. After about 4 1/2 hours, we got to my grandma's house. That night we drove 1 1/2 hours to visit Calvary Chapel in Terre Haute. We shared the slideshow and fellowshiped for a while after the service.

In our table display, we have a goat toe shaker from Peru. Everyone always gets a kick out of that thing. They are always wanting to know what it is and everything. Well it just so happens that the pastor and his wife have about 25 goats! So, they knew exactly what it was made of. It was pretty interesting getting to know them. It made me think of the Peruvian people outside of the city. Many of them probably live the farming life. It's good to learn about all kinds of people. Christ calls us to love them all.

This morning, we met with the pastor at Antioch Christian Church. We wanted to get to know him, and he wanted to get to know us. We felt a quick connection with him. Perhaps the Lord will use us, and will use Peru to help this church catch an excitement for missions. We aren't going to be able to share with the church this time, maybe next time. We left him with Brian VanderKodde's dvd so they can get a better taste of the work that's going on there.

It's gotten pretty cold since yesterday. It got down to 30 degrees last night. (That's about 0 celsius for you guys in Peru). Brrr! Today when I was getting in the car, a semi drove by and I saw something flaky and white pass before my eyes. I thought maybe some ash or something flew off the truck. Then I saw it again, and I looked up to see if something fell off the light pole nearby. Then I realized... it was snow! I really did see it, honest I did. There hasn't been anymore, yet.

The rest of our time here, will be visiting family. Then on Monday, we head to Tennessee for a week. Then we return home!!! Yay!!! I really miss our home church. There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home...