We made it to Kansas city, later than expected, but that is to be expected. On the way up we made frequent food stops. We got fresh peaches from a fruit stand beside the highway. Later we tried some small town Barbeque at a place that has been around since 1927. By the register they have some individually wrapped bubble gum in a bowl that was priced 5 cents with a marker. Nothing costs 5 cents anymore.

And just when I thought you couldn’t get anymore simple and old fashioned than that, we found Chet’s ice cream. They have chocolate, vanilla, or swirl. It was a no brainer decision for our little family. CHOCOLATE!
When we made it to our destination we had some hiccups at the hotel because the AC was out in our room and if you are anywhere near Kansas City Missouri right now you know that is not a good thing! They upgraded us from a little queen bed room to a suite that was like having our own apartment with two bathrooms. Don’t picture anything fancy, it was a cheap hotel, but still it worked out great because long story short we have a friend that was visiting the area from Tyler, TX and she ended up staying with us on the pull out couch in the other room.

Very cool spontaneous fun.

Other than that, as if that wasn’t a full enough day already, we had dinner with an old friend from High school that lives in KC.

It was really great to catch up, despite the fact that SJ banged her head on the marble table and busted her lip open causing a slight scene (blood and all), but she’s okay now.

After that J dropped me off at IHOP (International House of Prayer). IHOP is an amazing ministry that has an auditorium for 24 hour prayer, open all the time. IHOP is what brought my friend up from Tyler, it’s also what brought my High shool friend up to live in KC and it’s the reason we hunkered down in this area for the night, so you know it must be incredible. I prayed, spent some time in worship, and even wrote some poetry until 1:00 am. It was awesome. J stayed at the hotel with the kids and he had his time at IHOP in the morning. You could show up at 3:00 am like our youth group did last week and there would still be live worship and all kinds of people on fire for God interceding and spending time seeking Him. You could even go online to see for yourself because they keep a live stream going so you can peer into the prayer room at anytime and see what’s happening.

Well, friends, that’s day one. 18 more to go.