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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 ...

... butt across five states until stopping in KC.

We arrived around 4am. I got up around 7am to capitalize on any time with my sisters, nieces, and nephews. Brett slept in until around 12nn. We ate breakfast and the kids played for a couple of hours. Then it was on the road again..

... 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 ...

... father!

For those of you who are “on tour” with us by virtue of these articles, you may be interested to know a little “backstage” talk about one of our orchestra members. If you have our latest CD, Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing, you have no doubt listened to the fantastic arrangement of “Amazing Grace” and wondered how we could perform that piece on tour without the bagpipes.

Here’s how it’s done ...

For the next 3 days I will be traveling........by car and plane. I reach Jo-berg, S.A. on September 2 then fly to Blantyre, Malawi. I will be in Blantyre for a week or so then head to the farmers club project in Lilongwe. I won't be living in the city of Lilongwe, I will be ...

It is 2 days before we depart for Botosani, Romania. The MMF advanced team leaves today to get things prepped the rest of us who will arrive in Botosani on Sunday morning. The advanced team will make sure everything is in its proper location so work can begin almost immediately on Sunday afternoon. This past summer, we spent a few weekends loading a 40 foot container full of surgical and medical equipment as well as clothes ...

Fifth innings bases loaded. The Kansas City Royals are down by four and really need to lift their performance. Two enormous screens urge the fans to cheer louder and louder. hokey organ music reverberates through the stadium, trying to build some excitement. The fresh pitcher tosses up ball after ball, walks one man home. then he walks another home. the crowd are getting restless, this innings can't end soon enough. a tactical meeting is held ...

... a quicker option, but as long as I didn't have any other option I decided to sit back and simply enjoy the scenery. I found Martha's place quite easily because of Google Earth. Martha and I went to a BBQ place for lunch and visited there and afterward. It really was too bad that we didn't know she lived there when we were in Rolla a few years ago on our way to Branson. I know Tami would have enjoyed visiting with Martha. After our visit I headed for ...

... assures me that won't happen, but I am betting they assured their banks they would pay their bills before filing bankruptcy a few years back. This past Sunday my family came over to the house to celebrate the holidays a little late. I am lucky to have such a supportive group of family and friends, and I am looking forward to sharing my travel experiences with all of them.