OCTOBER ADVENTURE
Well we’ve had a busy October so far! We had the opportunity to visit a few of RYFO’s host homes in order to capture some interviews for a series of upcoming RYFO videos! Nick, Jackson, and I (including a now 20 week old lil’ Cooper cooking inside) flew out to Chicago and spent 10 days driving 1400 miles throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan! We were lucky enough to have JB Waggoner, our fantastic videographer, along with us to capture the footage!
We were able to stop in Naperville, Illinois and visit the Hill family, then down to Fort Wayne Indiana where we spent the evening with the Lubs, and finally over to Rensselaer Indiana we stopped in at the Heemstra’s. It was such a pleasure for me to meet these families for the first time, and find out a little bit about their involvement as host homes. First of all, every one of their homes was beautiful! So welcoming and comfortable and relaxing! It was so encouraging and exciting to see how God is using each of these families to reach out and care for so many different touring artists! They are cooking meals, praying for, and building relationships through this ministry and it is so exciting to see! I was blessed to hear their hearts and see God’s work in RYFO’s ministry.
We were also lucky enough to visit family along the way! Nick and I are both originally from the midwest, so we did our best to see as many of our relatives as possible! Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins….from both sides! We tried to do a head count of family members seen and lost count somewhere around 60! I loved seeing everyone! If only it could happen more often! And to top off such a wonderful trip, it was sunny and warm the whole time! Autumn is a beautiful season to be in the midwest. The smell of crisp leaves falling, bright red, orange and gold everywhere! So picturesque!
So thank you to our host homes that let us stop by! It was an absolute pleasure! And to those of you I haven’t met yet, I look forward to the day we will be able to stop in and meet you! And thank you to our family for getting everyone together and cooking meals and spending time with us! We love you all! And thank you JB for your time and talent on this trip! And thank you my little buddy Jackson for being an EXCELLENT traveler! And of course thank you Jesus for the opportunity to do it all!
