Kentucky friends!!!

The past few days have been pretty awesome. Tyler and Ross have brought much laughter with them. On Sunday we spent a good portion of the day in the prayer room. I went to church in the morning, and thought it was simply amazing. Daniel Lim spoke, and he had such an incredible testimony. He and his wife had a daughter, and God told them to name her Emmanuel (meaning, God with us). Apparently she was kind of a sickly girl, I didn't catch all the details. Daniel and a bunch of Ihop leaders ended up traveling through Asia, again, I'm not good at the details...but God had set up a bunch of divine appointments with Asian leaders. Most of which got to meet Emma. Emma ended up getting sick, and she died, on her 1st birthday. Well, some of these Asian leaders were so moved that they ended up naming streets, and even whole villages after her. Emmanuel. God with us. In China. How cool is that? Daniel Lim was at peace with his daughters death, and you could see how humbled he was that the very name of Jesus was plastered in China because of his daughter. Amazing.

That afternoon I saw Tony, who was our leader in the Amazon 3 years ago, which was really cool. He gave me a big hug, and I am sure we will see each other around. Sunday night we had a barbecue dinner with the couple that is 'housing' Tyler and Ross. It was a wonderful night, which was spent watching wonderful youtube videos of Ark Linkletter probing the mind of 5-year old's. Much much laughter.

Today, I picked the kids up at noon, we stopped and got bubble tea (poor Ross couldn't drink his because the tapioca reminded him of fish eggs), and we had a picnic under the red bridge. You see, Ihop is on the street named Red Bridge Road. And it never once occurred to me, the many times I have been over this bridge on Red Bridge Road, that it was red. Red Bridge. I just laughed when Tyler called it the red bridge of Red Bridge Road. It didn't sink in until that moment. Ha. We explored a little bit. Ross found a little tunnel that we all climbed through. Tyler got scared of a chipmunk, and Ross was alarmed when I mentioned spider webs. Goodness. The girl had to go in first... but it was fun!


The boys spend most of the afternoon in the prayer room. I did some stuff around the house, cleaning and whatnot, and spent some time with Jesus. Which is always good. Ross and I hung out in Higher Grounds while Tyler enjoyed soaking in worship led by Ben. Then we had Subway and shared stories about God, life, and just had good fellowship. Classes start tomorrow, and my leader Corey said that my visitors could sit in on class, and that we will even pray for them as a body. This week is titled "Intimacy," I am really excited to hear these teachings. As the core thing that Ihop teaches is intimacy with Jesus. I am sad that we only get a week of it, though.

Tyler and Ross leave tomorrow after class, and my week gets launched into hardcore teachings again. We are starting the Omega Course this Friday, which is a study on the end-times. So...lots to come.