Fox Creek

Ok, wow, we are at a very crazy place tonight. This is an oil boom town and our hotel is being built as we stay in it tonight! Seriously, we walked between road graders to get to the front door. No place to park since there is really not a parking lot yet. We drove up a side road and stopped at the ranger station to see if we could park the truck and trailer there. It was closed, however when Chris knocked, a very nice young gal answered the door and got the "ok" for us to park there overnight. Chris dropped us in the street in front of the hotel - after we grabbed a few things we would need for the night - and then went and parked the truck! Did I say crazy! Also the hotel has a kitchenette with all the stuff you need to cook a dinner, including dishes! We walked to the local IGA and bought some food and are in the process of cooking burritos. The hotel is very nicely decorated - such a contrast to the town.

Our day was warm and sunny again - we are blessed with good driving weather! Drove past Calgary and Edmonton today. Went through lots of logging country. Flat and hilly terrain, beautiful rivers, and lots of interesting Canadian signage! God is so good - praise his name!

Calgary = over 1,000,000 people

Rochfort Bridge trestle - second longest wooden trestle in the world

Hi Caitlin! I am having a great time - woof!

Our Not finished hotel!

Poutine for lunch!

Claresholm, Alberta

Canada! Beautiful day. 75 degrees. 5 minutes through customs!

Missouri River

Lethbridge

Bozeman, MT

Another beautiful day! Big sky country for sure. God's amazing handy-work!

Casper, WY

802 miles completed so far. Really beautiful day. Amazing countryside. Very windy and warm - 88 degrees.

On our Way

After many hours of sorting, selling, giving away and packing, we are finally on our way! Our first stop is Kearney, NE where we are visiting with Cody and Aurelie. We pulled out of Pella around 9 am after stopping to weigh at the scale. 7000 lbs of "stuff" loaded! 7, a very good number! We said good-bye to many special friends and family - thank you all again. We will miss you very much! Here are a few pictures I took along the way today.

Alive with Christ

At the end of Ephesians chapter 3 Paul gives a doxology to his people or a prayer of praise to God.
     4:20-21   " Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is AT WORK within us, to him be the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."
 Also Jesus speaks to us in John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."

It says in my NIV study bible that many people try to be good, honest people who do what is right. But Jesus says that the only way to live a truly good life is to stay close to him, like a branch attached to a vine. Apart from Christ our efforts are unfruitful.

Are you receiving the nourishment and life offered by Christ, the vine. If not, are you missing a special gift he has for you!

As we pack up our few belongings and step out in faith we must trust and obey and stay attached to the vine.  We would certainly shrivel up and die without being feed with his word. The gospel is our daily bread. We need not fear. We do not have to know the future to have faith in God; we have to have faith in God to be secure about the future.

So please be prayer warriors with and for us not worriers about the journey we are on. This journey began when God formed us in our mother's womb. It is with great joy that we are being sent out to plant many more seeds that will "bear much fruit."

Sending Us Out!

Our church family is just that - family! We praise God for all of them! This picture is from Sunday May 19th, 2013 at Trinity Reformed Church - Pella, Iowa.