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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 ...

So the Journey begins! The day of travle is here and we awake to Jackson tapping us on the shoulder....."Guess what today is...it's NEW ZEALAND day" Couldn't be more excited!

SB was her usual stressed self on the day of travel, and other than ME leaving my laptop in the terminal in KC (I did rememer it half way down the jetway...) we figured it was better than leaving a child behind!

Packed pretty light, all ...

... want to give a quick shout out to the Healthe Pharmacy here at Cerner, they've been so helpful in purchasing supplies and getting me good deals on high impact items to take with us! Also, the mail room staff that has been so helpful in packing and sending all those large boxes back in August and then helping yesterday with padding and packaging for items that might burst in transit.

We will make it to Lima tomorrow night, fly up to Piura ...

... clinics and housing for recovering surgery patients as well as their family members who may have accompanied them from far away. The Hospital is within walking distance to the Centro and the CEO Betania (where we will be eating) is also within walking distance. The CEO Betania is where the Sisters of Mercy teach local women skills to break the cycle of poverty. They operate a bakery, make cloth and other textiles ...

... 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.

... their reputation, we had high expectations and we were not disappointed!” Janice and Chris Garcia (Chris is the former mayor of Basehor, Kansas).


One couple planned their vacation around the Kansas City concert, traveling all the way from Florida to hear our performance. Others have had their tickets for over a year. Hearing stories like this makes us dig a little deeper to find that reserve to give another 110% performance!


Even with ...

... a licensed civil engineer, and was at one point the second most powerful political official among a corrupt bureaucracy in Kalinga province. He had little faith in these things until he attended a healing event. Yes, we like to make fun of faith healers...I know I did: "God is telling me that there's someone out there with a heart problem. BE HEALED!" Anyway, Doming was in the crowd of one of these things, probably making a bit of fun himself ...

... and administrator and the best travel agent anyone could want. Together, we decided to answer the call. Since we were called, Deb and her husband Ryan, have gone through adoption of some foster kids and are unable to go. That leaves Kimberly and me in charge of planning and running the entire conference on our own. We've also never been to the Philippines, so we are immersing ourselves in as much cultural background information as ...