Comfort Inn Olathe

Our next stop is to Kansas City, Kansas where we will be visiting Daniel (brother) and Ricky (brother) and the rest of their family. The drive from Wichita was very quick since we had a tail wind to the car. Daniel lives in Shawnee, which is a suburb just outside of Kansas City. We will be hanging out with his family the most, his wife Renee and sons Tai and ...

When Brett sets his mind, it is impossible to get him off track. Such is the case to the end of this trip. The trip was over in his mind when we left Moab. It was time to go home. Go home is what we did for the next 20 hours. The kids, grandma, and I ate dinner and slept as Brett ...

... considered...one bag each (plus the golf clubs) which served as a nice spill over for all the bulky items that didn't make it into the regular bags......hair dryer, shoes, life jackets et al.

KC to LAX on Southwest went well. Aubs didn't sleep much so she was pretty exhausted when we got to LAX. now we just hope to get on the plane tonight! We're on standby with staff travel. More about that in the next blog.

... Saturday and then on to Chulu...Once I'm settled I'll start updating this blog.

We did find out that Chulucanas is honoring GHM's 20 years of service on Sunday morning with a big church service with the Bishop, flag raising, parade etc. Should have some great pictures and stories from this! We'll have to take a break from all of the unpacking and set up but I'm sure it will be worth it.

Keep our team in your thoughts and prayers!

I guess I should practice this blog stuff so here's an update...our team of 45 has collected almost all of our supplies, with the help of family and friends I was able to gather literally thousands of apsirin, ibuprofen, children's tylenol, vitamins,tums, and many other items to send in advance on our container that shipped back in August. The container has been in Lima for a several days now and is going through customs ...

... links you might enjoy:
the organization I work for- First Hand Foundation: www.firsthandfoundation.org
The organization I'll be traveling with: www.globalhealthministry.org
Wikiped ia page on the Piura region of Peru: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piura_Regi on
I find it appropriate that I'll be in the pottery "capital" of South America and my mother is a potter- I'll have to pick up some fun ...

... buried treasures were discovered beneath a Kansas farm field. After being buried for 132 years, the Hawley family began excavation in 1988. Three years later, they opened the Steamboat Arabia Museum, displaying the "Treasures of the Steamboat Arabia". Although only two-thirds of the cargo is on display - dishware, tools, clothing, guns, jewelry, food and personal effects, restoration work continues daily.

... for our encore “This Land is Your Land” was local philanthropist and patron of the arts, Julia Irene Kauffmann. Julia spent the first 14 years of her life in Toronto, Canada singing in children’s choirs and becoming a very talented pianist through studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She has always been interested in the arts and through her family foundations has donated millions of dollars to the construction of a performing arts ...

... ll be back to a German-speaking country, but I assure you that it will happen eventually. In a year, we will see where things lie. I have really enjoyed all three of my travels to Germany and Austria and I don't think I'm done yet. For now, I'm still occasionally writing reviews for my other blog, and I'm trying to record my third album before I have to go back to school. Let me know somehow if you want a copy when it's all done. Thanks for reading!

... them chase jelly fish in the surf? Ok, its late, and I have a list a mile long of stuff to do tomorrow. (Didn't I just finish telling you all the stuff I'd already done?) Perhaps Friday morning I'll update again, or else it'll have to be when we reach Copan, which is scheduled for some time on Saturday the 15th. ..All our bags are packed, we're ready to go...We're leavin' on a jet plane, don't know when we'll be back again, oh Stella and Bodee we hate to go....