Midwest Tour Scrapbook

After a slow morning start, we dropped AnnNan & Dinina at the airport then attended the evening service at Westwood for the second "Purpose Driven Life" message. The following day we regrouped with school and laundry at an RV park. When we left the RV park for one last fling at the Mall of America, the Hilliard's bus decided it didn't want to go. Instead, it had another tag axle tire blowout at the exit just before the mall. But the Good Sam tire service man was very fast and we were back to shopping in no time! Then we were off again to share with a MOPS group north of Minneapolis in Zimmerman.

Immediately after saying our "good-byes" to this morning group, we headed south on I-35 and drove almost non-stop to the Kansas City area.

We then had a short trip to St. Peters, MO (northwest St. Louis) for a "Mom...and Loving It!" conference. In addition to the ladies from Grace Community Church, we were also blessed to have friends in attendance: Jose & Denise Jasso and their newborn son, Nathaniel, and Steve, Mendy & Emily Stogsdill.

"MO" friends squeezed in our bus!

The following day our 2 buses parted ways as we headed down I-44. The Autrys continued on down the road to Whitesboro, while we stopped off at Carthage, Missouri to view the Precious Moments Chapel.

We bedded down at the outlet mall in Gainesville, Texas before heading into Whitesboro for lunch at Lovejoy's on Main Street the next day.

Praise the Lord for a safe, successful (by His measures!) and satisfying Midwest tour!