Cows, Cars, & Coffee Houses!

Fall is my absolute favorite time of the year!! Colombia doesn't have seasons so I'm really excited to experience the change of climate and colors once again! It always reminds me of how things and circumstances change in life and they can be hard or good but either way things may change but our God does not! I went on a run the other morning and I stepped outside in a shirt and shorts and it had that brisk feel and smell to it.  Love it.

Right now Sarah and I are in St. Charles, Missouri which is right outside of St. Louis. We are staying with Nathan, a friend of mine who was on my Nicaragua mission trip team, and his wife. I finally have met his wife! He got married two years ago and she is so awesome.  They are such a beautiful example of a Christian marriage and have lovingly opened their house to us.  I get SO excited catching up with brothers and sisters that I haven't seen in a while! Praise God!

Since last Thursday we have been in Kansas City, stayed at a huge dairy farm, played at a seminary in St. Louis, and had a few gigs at some local coffee houses in St. Charles.  We have gotten to see a lot of old friends and also meet some new! We finally get a couple days of rest again. Today we had a Bible study with Nathan, Jaclyn, and some of their friends from church.  Tomorrow night we will have a worship night at their house where some of their friends are going to come over and we're just going to praise the Lord.  It'll be great to relax and refocus on the One who is the center of it all.

Here are some pictures of our adventures from these past few days: 

Meet Benita! She came to our show in Kansas City. It was an awesome surprise.  She introduced her herself as someone who's on my squad for the world race. She saw on facebook that we were going to be playing a show there. I flipped out and got really excited. Hopefully I didn't freak her out too much. It was so cool to see the support that I've already got from my squad without "knowing" them yet! 

Our friend, Benjy, from college grew up on a dairy farm 

and we stayed with his parents one night. They were very generous

and hospitable. His mom gave us a tour of the farm the next day! 

Here's Sarah and I with some cows at the dairy farm! 

Cows lined up that are being milked

Where the milking magic happens! 

We were late to our gig in St. Louis because of the traffic! 

Our friend Joel from college came and played 

his viola with us at our show at the seminary! 

Crooked Tree Cafe 

 One of the cafes we played at in St. Charles

The coffee house and wine bar we played 

at in St. Charles

It was a really cool set up! 

Soli Deo Gloria!