We made it!

Dennis and I were too tired when we made it to New York last night to blog, and we have been non-stop today driving to Connecticut. He stayed after church tonight to practice with the worship team, so I will blog tonight. :)

The first 10 minutes of our trip will HOPEFULLY be the worst of it. We loaded the van, and at 9:45 p.m. got in to head out. The van didn't start. The battery ran down (a new battery!), so Jesse helped us charge it. Off we went. We just crossed into Missouri, and we were pulled over for speeding. No ticket...just informing us it is 55 mph, not 65. Whew. The rest of yesterday was many hours of driving. Dennis drove until Indianapolis, I drove from there to outside of Cleveland, then he drove into Buffalo. We checked in, went and saw Niagara Falls, ate, then crashed.

We got up this morning and drove through beautiful countryside of New York, saw the Erie Canal, Massachusetts, and arrived in New Britain, Connecticut this afternoon. We are staying with a lovely family who graciously opened their home to strangers. But, because we are brothers and sisters in Christ, it felt like we have known each other for years. Keith Marshall, our friend for many years, met us for dinner at our host family's home, then we all went to church. We met very nice people and have made plans to get with several of them. Their church is going through 1 Thessalonians. The pastor spoke about it verse for verse, then we broke into small groups and discussed it further. I really enjoyed that.

Tomorrow we are meeting Keith and his sister for breakfast, then we will check out things locally. We appreciate prayers so far, and please continue to pray that God would use us on this trip and for our safety.