Colorado to Kansas

Well fellow sojourners,

We got the great opportunity this AM to visit some dear friends in Colorado Springs. David and Renee Lyons are with the Navigators (David's one of their International Directors). Their 12 year old son Ian has been battling for a year now, a very rare cancer. The doctors have done all they can do, so Ian is home recovering from his latest bout, and waiting for what we feel will be a miraculous healing. It was so wonderful to visit and pray with this wonderful family who, as David said, is being severely stretched. Being with them made our day!

Afterwards we stopped by the headquarters of Focus on the Family. Nice campus just a mile or so from the Lyons:

That little hill behind the buildings is Pike's Peak! We have been supporters of Focus on the Family for years, so it was a special treat to see where they "live".

Then, with our faces turned toward the East, we let down onto the plains of Eastern Colorado, and off we head to Kansas.

75 mph and a straight road, and surprisingly, not a lot of traffic, we get to

Yep, flat is the word, although it's not TOTALLY flat! Totally flat is Eastern North Carolina! Pretty farm land, with house's spread far apart:

Jim Sarver told us that when you get to Kansas, you can see a "whole train"! You see in our neck of the woods, you'd never see a whole train. Part of it would be around the bend, in the trees, etc. but out here....Well, here she is! Can you see her? She IS the horizon:
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Well, here we are in Wakenney, Kansas, right off I-70, all hooked up and ready for bed. You'll notice the similarity of the background to all the other pictures tonight. Yep, Kansas looks like

Kansas : - ) We're gonna try and get past Kansas City tomorrow, Lord willing.

"The heart of every problem is the problem of the heart, and ONLY God's Spirit and God's Word can change and control the heart" Wiersbe