Brief Highlights:
Drove up the mountain with Matt in Elizabeth’s borrowed car - Thanks again by the way. Good quality couple time for us. Twisting and winding roads led us to a view of the Rocky Mountain foot hills that reminded us of the Appalachian Mountains on our honeymoon over a year ago. Blue mountains in the far distance that reminded us of how creative God is, and how incredibly small we are.
Catching up with the fun n’ sweet Santa Fe native photographer, Dannette. She offered to do a couples shoot for us. I think partially for her portfolio, and partially for a friendly welcoming gift for us. Check SOME of ‘em out on her blog, she’s very good, and I had fun. http://danettechappellphotography.blogspot.com/
Day5 Sunday
5:40am
Our cell phone rings, and its Beth. She had left over an hour ago with Karen Lafferty, to take her to the airport. Karen was to be in China for 6 weeks, performing and touring as a musician. With the hustle and bustle of the very early morning, something was forgotten. Karen’s carry-on bags. I could hear the distress in Beth’s voice from my side of the bed. So Matt jumps out of bed “We have to be in the car Steph, right now.” Whaaa-whoo! We pulled out of the driveway in less than five minutes. Not knowing the area very well, Elizabeth navigated us road for road to the interstate. All I could think was “Welcome to YWAM”. I was loving the challenge and adrenaline rush. If you haven’t noticed, I take pride in the perseverance I have, especially when its needed. We traveled for twenty minutes when we got another call. They realized we weren’t gonna make it on time. All I can say is. . . I pouted as we retreated back to our bed. Liz said it wasn’t our fault, there wouldn’t have been enough time either way.
Other Happenings, and before we left:
- Went to Beth’s church. The pastor was very spanish, the worship leader was very gifted, and the congregation was maybe 60-70 people.
- We ended up inviting some 20 something’s that Beth knew from church hiking. Hiking- uphill. Out. . . uff. . . breath, high-er. . . uh. . . altitude,.. . less. . . air. I got quite a few pictures Ill have to share later. About 12 or so people went.
- Checked out the christian ‘camp’ grounds that YWAM-Santa Fe used for Musicians For Missions, and Training for the base.
- Family dinners. Stir-fry and Spaghetti , a whole sofa-load of people the last 2 nites. We all watched the Olympics over YWAM conversations about India customs, sociology of China and traveling. Oh I was at home, among those words. Chad and Meagan, Dannette, Matt and I, Virginia and
- We all got a chance to help Beth move all her stuff from a shared storage area to one of her own. She said it would of taken her all day by her self. She was ecstatic that it only took a couple of hours with some help.
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