July 28th and 29th

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things that do appear."

Hebrews 11:1, 3

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The Lord blessed us with a day's "layover" in Harrisonville. We were ready for a break from the many miles in the van. Some good friends of ours live nearby, so we got to spend some time with their sweet family.

We had never met this precious little guy. What a cutie!!!

Lots of catching up to do.... : )

Before we left, we had to get a group picture. : )

(This wasn't quite everybody~some of them were napping and one was taking the picture)

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That night, we went to Grace Baptist Church for their prayer meeting. What sweet people! The pastor asked our family to sing and for Dad to tell a little bit about what we will be doing. The Lord opens doors even when we don't officially have meetings! : )

Thursday we woke up bright and early. We had some errands to run, the trailer to pack, and some miles to cover before nightfall.

We had never been to Cabela's before, and since we were so close and had a little time to spare, it seemed like a nice way to stretch our legs.

You never know where that tomato is going to show up! : )

Anything + Allison = something to laugh at : )

Their animal displays were really neat. They had a mule deer museum, countless animal exhibits, a fish aquarium, and, the favorite, a safari exhibit.

Wish everybody thought so..... : )

Upstairs we did a little target practicing.

It was fun, especially when we hit certain targets and water sprayed. The person it hit would be looking everywhere...up, around, side to side...trying to figure out where it was coming from. : )

So serious...

One thing that constantly amazes us is field after field as far as the eye can see. We laughingly said that when we see a barn or silo (or any structure, for that matter) we feel like we need to take a picture because they're such a rarity out here. : )

If you look in the distance, there is a wind farm.

Filling up the train cars with grain.

After being in four different states in one day, it's hard to tell which picture is from what state. But this I can assure you of ~ it's either Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, or Nebraska. : )