Fri.,10/21/22, Left iron Mountain at 10:45 a.m., stopped in Little Rock at a Chic Fil A

  

Jared giving a great teaching on conflict in the morningt

Things were looking very dry and  the leaves on the trees were dried up and brown because of the drought in Arkansas

Sweet Brielle with her patch.  It will help keep her left eye working.

My favorite restaurant while we travel

Me and Bill eating our yummy chicken strips

No color on the trees.  Only brown!

Ate at the house, had our coffee, read our Bibles and then visited some.  Bill and I packed the car and then we all went to the morning service.  Awesome worship, then heard a great message from Doug South.  Said our goodbyes, then started heading for home.  We talked to Melissa and Max for a while which was nice.  I had to hang up to get directions to a Chic Fil a we were getting close to.  We stopped in Little Rock at Chic Fil A for lunch. Oooh so so good.  Bill drove until 4:30 then I took my turn for 3 hours.  Talked to Vikki for a while which was nice.We stopped in Marion, Illinois and stayed at a Country Inn that was very nice.  We went to the Cracker Barrel for dinner and had chicken tenders.  Yum!  Spent the rest of the evening relaxing in our room.    

Loved seeing a video Kimmy sent me of Jacob’s last marching band performance.  He sure is a natural and always puts time in to practice and do his very best! 

Thursday, 10/20/22, Went to rally, went on mountain ride, Lisa and Wayne came, Went to Papa’s Mexican restaurant

Beautiful sunrise off our deck this morning 

John Ogden Jr. gave a really good message in the evening
(I couldn't move this picture so it's in the wrong place)

Prayed with Eric and Stephanie...our prayer partners for the year who live in Wisconsin.  They are the best!

Ladies seminar that was really good

Evan sent me a cute picture of him and Belle

Bill driving Doug, Sue and I up the mountain.  Lots of big hills and curvy roads.

Doug, Bill and I 

Doug, Sue and Bill

Sue, Doug, Bill and I on top of the mountain

Bill by the graffiti wall next to my car

Ziggy in the Queen Wilhelmina Mountain Top where we had lunch'

Bill in his new hat!!!

Evening service

Total of people registered so far is 2073

We ate breakfast at the house, then went to the morning service.  Jared gave the message this  morning and did an awesome job.   We got done at 11 and met our prayer partners and prayed with them for each other and our families.  Then we headed out to ride with Ziggy, Doug and Sue up the Wilhelimina Mountain.  Ziggy rode his motorcycle and the rest of us went in our car.  It was in the mid 70's and sunny.  Such a beautiful ride up that mountain.  We ate in the restaurant at the top.  I got a reuben sandwich and it was delicious.  We got back and went to the How to handle Conflict seminar, then went to the last part of the women's seminar.  Both were really good.  Wayne and Lisa, our former State Coordinators, came, so we went out to eat at Papa's Mexican restaurant with them.  They moved to Tennessee last year so it was good to catch up.  They stayed at the house with us.

Wed., 10/19/22, We didn't have training today, so we slept in, then the guys went to the gun range with Jay, and Doug. Bill did great was was super happy, I did some laundry and hung out on the deck in the beautiful sunshine,

 

Great friends!

Ziggy, Bill and I relaxing in the sun on the deck

Our room

My visitor right below me when I was looking over the deck rail

So beautiful when it flew up.  It's a white phase great blue heron!

Look what sweetie Brielle can do now!

Andrea, Bill, Kenny, Fran, Char, and Rick at the evening service.  Over 2000 were there

Bill, Ziggy, Jay, and Doug went to the gun range to target practice.  I stayed at the house and did some laundry, read my Bible, and sat out on the deck for a long time watching a blue heron on the pond.  It was far away, then flew and landed right below me on the deck.  I was happy to get to take pictures.  Bill and Ziggy got home and sat on the deck with me for a while.  Bill was pretty happy he did so good at target practice.  They had fun.  Ziggy left early to meet with other State Coordinators.  We sat out longer, then got ready and went to Iron Mountain to eat dinner.  We were happy to see Andrea, Fran, Kenny, Char and Rick there.  The evening message John Ogden Jr. gave was so good and worship was awesome!

Tuesday,10/18/22, Happy Birthday Kimmy and Vikki! We love you so much!

Happy Birthday Kimmy and Vikki!  We love you our double blessings

Peyton and Isaac

Beautiful but chilly morning in the low 30’s

Leadership training

Peyton and her friends at school. A lunch aid took the picture and sent it to Vikki

We called Kimmy and Vikki in the morning and sang Happy Birthday to them!  We thought we were calling early but forgot about the time change.  They were already at Bob Evan’s eating their birthday breakfast.  Jared was with them too which made it special.  I sure wish I could have been there.  Talked to them a few times during the day which I loved.  We had a good leadership training and fun with friends.  Our CMA prayer partners are here too which has been nice. Eric and Stephanie are from Wisconsin.  We have see amazing answers to our prayers since we started in January.  We all cleaned off our table as they will put chairs away and set up chairs for the rally tonight.

We came back to our Dreamland place (Rosewood MANOR) and sorted out Run for the Son packets to give to chapters.  Sue, Doug and Ziggy wheat on a tour of the support bldg.  We have gone on it already.  We relaxed and went back to Iron Mountain to eat at the training center.  We came back and relaxed and had ice cream to celebrate the girl’s birthdays!!! 

Monday, 10/17/22, Our stay in Arkansas

Beautiful sunrise off our deck this morning

Where our leadership training and the rally were held

Pat, me, Ziggy, Doug and Sue decorating our Michigan table and putting candy on it

Roger and Rayleen speaking

Jay speaking

Beautiful picture of the first snowfall at Kimmy's today.  

Amanda's sweet baby girl

Beautiful, but cool morning.  We walked around and just hung out for a while.  At two we all met at Iron Mountain, to set up our Michigan table with Michigan decorations and lots of candy.  Adam messaged that it was snowing at his house.  Vikki messaged me next to tell me it was snowing, and then Melissa and Hailey messaged me.  Vikki sent me the picture Kimmy sent her. Hailey sent me a picture her mom sent her.  The snow fall is very pretty, but I'm not ready for that yet.  Amanda sent Matthew pictures of her baby.  She's beautiful.  

We went to Iron Mountain for dinner.  They provide our meals during the leadership training.  They made delicious food each day.