Our Last Week on the Road

Our last week on the road was spent way north in Minot, North Dakota. It is home of a very larger nuclear hub, and the largest Scandanavian Festival anywhere in the World, the Norsk Fest. Here are some fun pictures of the week!

This is a classic Norweigan church, modeled after one actually in Norway, and built right in Minot.


A model home, typical for most Scandanavian families hundreds of years ago.
We think the people might have been gnomes...


Tad and Bryan found a gnome...


Tad also found...true love?


Two amazing, very local sayings, which we heard often!



While we were in North Dakota, we had the opportunity to go to a corn maze! The boys weren't too excited about this, but they did it for me and served me anyway in it! It had been a dream of mine for about year to go to one, since Amber and I never got to our first semester out. (This one was for you, Amber!) Unfortunately, it happened to be drizzling and really cold, and who knew we'd be too tall for the corn stalks, and that only kids really went to these things?? (Appearantly the boys figured all of this!) But, none the less, we had a good time laughing about all of it and actually did get a little lost at one point, which made it worth our $7 each!


It was all good and laughs until this guy, one of the "Corn Cops" wanted to go home, and was creeping on us the whole time we were in there, and trying to tell us where to go- making all of us upset that he didn't understand the concept of paying $7 to get lost, not paying for a guide to help you get un-lost.

All in all, I had a pretty good time and was very amused at the whole situation. But...the boys felt a little differently by the end...

Good times on the road... :-)

Oh, Canada!

We are so close to Canada here in North Dakota, we figured we couldn't NOT go a little farther North and get another stamp in our Passports!


We visited Winnepeg,a wonderfully diverse city, and saw A Canadian Mounted Policeman...

...Well, sort of. But it's as close as we got!


In downtown Winnipeg, we went to an area called 'The Forks', a historic site and meeting place located at the confluence of the Red River and Assiniboine River, and saw a really neat bridge, and got a great view of the city from a lookout spot over the River.





We ate in the Forks Marketplace, where there were choices of cuisine from all over the world! It was so fun. We picked Sushi Train- and Tad even got to pick his lunch up from the train (after he sent it back with the waitress and asked her to send it back out on the train!)

It was a great trip, too bad we didn't get to stay longer! Maybe we'll get to go back again someday.

South Dakota!

We had a great week long run of 7 meetings in South Dakota, topped off with a retreat in a Barn! It was so fun, and humorous to all of us. Bryan did a great job at the retreat giving 4 different talks, and we even got to celebrate and relax with a bonfire after the first night.


We made a video update while we were there. Check it out at YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwZZ4WPRop8


University of South Dakota, in Vermillion, SD


Tad speaking at a Campus Crusade for Christ Meeting

2 Weeks In

We've had 10 great meetings so far, great 1-1's, and lots of fun with Tad and in our new region!

Our first meeting in Minneapolis was with the leadership of the college group at Piper's church, and the Tool was planned in to the meeting, so all 60 students there got the packets and info to pass on to others in their Bible studies, etc. Andrew, the campus minister was great, and set up their entire vision for the year around the message that night! It was a great meeting!

One of the students also found a new use for our Bumper sticker.



Tad had really cool housing for the night...

Yep, a closet. Sweet.


We were making jokes about being upset one day, and found out that Tad's mean face consists of him looking down and smiling, (makes sense once we learned he got the “Little Angel” award as a most likely to in 8th grade) while Bryan on the other hand, looks a little more like a comic character...or something.

Tad has also decided to rebel against the status quoe, and refuses to wear his seatbelt, resulting in a strangely familiar alarm everytime we go anywhere. We’re afraid something like Pavlov will result and when he hears alarms go off during meetings might reach for his seatbelt...


We also got to catch a Twins game while we were in Minneapolis at the Metrodome...unfortunately they lost. But, even if I didn’t tell you that, Tad’s mad face could have given that away.

Team 3 Hits the Road with a New Schedule and A New Traveler!

We'll be traveling in Zone 9 this fall, North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. We have a great semester full of meetings- and lots of fun trying to find Moose and other wildlife...and people in the area!



Here's our schudule for the fall:

September
10 Northwestern C CO
14 SD St U NAVS Leadership
16 SD St U CCC
17 Augustana C CCC
18 U of SD CCC
19 SD St U IVCF
20 SD St U IVCF
23 U of ND CCC
25 Valley City St U CCC
30 ND St U CCC

October
2 MN St U Moorhead CCC
7 Minot St U CCC
9 MT St U—Northern XA/Northern Campus Fellowship
14 U of MT XA
15 U of MT CCC
22 MT St U—Bozeman CCC
23 MT St U—Bozeman IVCF
29 Casper C CV
30 NW Com. C—WY CV

November
4 U of WY CV
10 Johnson and Wales CCC
11 Auraria CCC
12 U of Denver CCC
13 CO Sch of Mines CCC

Tad Kelsay, our new team member for this fall!

He is from Fayetteville, AR and graduated from the University 0f Arkansas with a degree in Education. We are so excited to travel with him and get to know him this fall!

Bryan and Tad at our staff training in April

Bryan's New 'Do

Who doesn't need a fun new hairdo every once in a while??

Hairstack...football helmet... Molestache....and now this. I have one very talented, well groomed hubby! Haha! I love it!

Family

On the way home from Philly, we got to stop in Atlanta to see my sister and brother in law, Addison, and their beautiful girls, Harper and Elliott. It was great!

Bryan and Harper and Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta


Harper playing in the Olympic Ring Fountain


Superman Vanilla? Ice Cream and an amazing face in the CNN center.


Kelly and Addison


Elliott- she's such a cutie!

After Atlanta, it was on to Tulsa, where my parents had purchased Guitar Hero! Mid- life crisis? Maybe... But lots of fun anyhow!

Dad, becoming and expert on the Guitar- He looks a little crazed....


Dad and Bryan...gotta love a little manly competition!


Me and my hubby!


Another classic, and always expected, Bryan face.



Boo at the Zoo

Driving in our new car

IT Philly

Filling you in on the last of Philly...

"Wayumi" the New Tribes base in Jersey Shore, PA where we spent a great weekend learning about reaching Tribals all over the world.


Visiting the tribe

A great friend of ours, Jamie Hipp, teaching our students about China. He lived in Northwest China for two years before he came on staff with our church as the International Missions pastor. His wife, Jenny, lived in Taiwan for two years as well. We get to stay with them when we are off the road in Dallas, they are so great! We love the Hipps!

Very excited about the Liberty Bell...

Hindu Temple visit with our students in Bridgewater, NJ


Angela and I with our ER passes when Hannah broke her foot running. Oh what a night!

Last Night of the Project- what a sweet end to an amazing summer!

Mo Town Philly

Buddhist Temple visit



Ewoo visits Philly! Yeah! Her and Rebecca the day we picked her up (and accidently made it to New Jersey, and ALL the bad parts of Philly) before we made it to this amazing Chocolate Cafe.