Our travels

Well we've been gone a week now. I still have't updated this blog. It's really hard to update using my iPhone but I will attempt it. We finally left Elk Grove on Monday night at 2 am. Wow. Talk about fighting devils. Did we ever. But we got out of town. We headed north for about 40 miles, pulled in to a rest area and crashed. When I awoke around 8 it was storming so hard. I decided to take the straightest road across and that is exactly what we did. We stopped at Wal-Mart in Clear Lake to pick up groceries and let the dogs out. It was Cody's first experience with rain and it was hilarious. Carlos drove from then on and we headed up through the redwoods and it was beautiful. We arrived at a rest area in Oregon and again crashed. On Wednesday morning we did the best thing, bought my new iPhone in a state with no sales tax, went to Dutch Bros. Coffe, and then to Fred Meyers. I love these things. Carlos preached service at the Gold Beach church for Bro. & Sis. Champlain. It was a good move of God and afterwards we had pizza and then went to the Champlains home. The next morning Bro. Champlain took us to breakfast to a great little restaurant on the Rogue River before we headed out. As we left we were awed by the beauty of the changing seasons. We stopped in at Cranberries and Sweets to see my "other" mom, Pam Carlson. I had a hug to give her from Kim. From there we went to Eugene and spent an hour with Dad and Sharon. They had graciously put out a sandwich spread for us and we got to eat and enjoy their company for about an hour. Then we headed north to Portland where we had a full home cooked mea waiting for us. I think it was at that time I realized just how far we had gone, not physically but emotionally. We were "spent" as my husband would say. My mom and Gary were kind and had made sure the pool and hot tub was ready along with the washer and dryer were available. We spent the night there and was awaken to my Sis who had gotten up early to come over after getting home late from work in order to see us even for a minute. We left there before I really had a chance to get stuff put away. When I asked Carlos why he said he knew he needed to get me out of there or I'd get comfy at my moms. We headed to Wenatchee up the Gorge with a stop at Burgerville which I love! We arrived in Wenatchee, Wa late in the day at our dear friends home, Tim & Kierstin King. My kids were so excited to see their friends too. We stayed up late friday night catching up. Saturday they treated us to an incredible breakfast and then we headed to Leavenworth, Wa where Bavaria meets The Cascades. It was a cute adorable town. We had a lot of fun. The King's are ultimate hosts and have totally fed us a feast daily. Sunday we got to sleep inasmuch they have church at 2 pm. We had an incredible move of the holy ghost in service. It must have been moving because at alter call when Bro. Trevor asked me to sing I actually took the mike and sang. Wow, Sis Deathridge would have been proud of me. We fellowshipped at Red Robin and had an incredible dessert back at the King's. We wil be staying through Wednesday night as Bro. King has asked my husband to stay over. Who knows what God will do. Then again, who knew what God would have us to do as we wait on the Army. Better to plant while the season is ripe, than to starve in the off season. God is good ALL THE TIME! He knows, oh yes, He definitely knows! I'll try and keep posting. But for now, going to the church where the guys are painting today.