Well everybody, this post includes my blog from KY--- thanks for reading my novels, checking out my pictures & faithfully following my crazy adventures!!! :D
I am very excited to be returning back to California--its been a very fun but tiring week & I'm ready to get back into the "swing of things."
I had a great day with my parents at Ken Ham's science museum---it is exceptional, definitley recommend it!!! It helps you visualize so many key events in the Bible like the Flood and really drills home the importance of Genesis 1-11!!!! I especially enjoyed hearing Ken Ham today & I'll have to tell you about more of the exciting facets of the museum that I enjoyed, because its just too difficult to begin to describe with a short post.
After we concluded our tour of the museum and walked around the BEAUTIFUL grounds, we drove to some of our old friends' house, the Davises. We enjoyed a WONDERFUL home-cooked meal and fellowship....and I got to play with their three cute little boys-Samuel, Jackson, and William. I ABSOLUTLEY LOVE LITTLE BOYS--so it was a blast!!!
Now I am throwing last minute things into my suitcase & preparing myself to get up at 5:10 AM....not so fun.
Anyway, I better get some sleep--but I am excited to see many of you soon!!!
Thanks again for following my adventures,
Take care,
Mollie
Friday, April 18, 2008
Just a quickie
Well, its 8:07 Kentucky time...and I'm getting ready to jet off to Ken Ham's creation museum today (I'll take lots of pictures & represent SLC to the dinosaurs by wearing my sweatshirt! :D )
I just enjoyed a delicious Starbucks orange cranberry muffin and coffee (black---not so great---my dad didn't get me anything fuffooo this time...must've been a bad girl...haha! j/k!)
Anyway, yesterday afternoon we had a great time walking around the Ohio Falls Park--by the Ohio River on the Indiana side! I got to read Passion and Purity some more, relax, and soak up the sun which was fun!!!
Then we ate at Famous Dave's BBQ....uggggggggh....delicious but I seriously gained 5 lbs!
Then we came back....I FINISHED MY RESEARCH PAPER (hallelujah!!!!!!!!) and my parents and I sat in the spa before hopping into bed!!!!
Now I am off onto more adventures...so sorry this was so quick...but I'm sure I'll have some exciting pictures and updates for you tonight on the museum! :))
With love,
Mollie
I just enjoyed a delicious Starbucks orange cranberry muffin and coffee (black---not so great---my dad didn't get me anything fuffooo this time...must've been a bad girl...haha! j/k!)
Anyway, yesterday afternoon we had a great time walking around the Ohio Falls Park--by the Ohio River on the Indiana side! I got to read Passion and Purity some more, relax, and soak up the sun which was fun!!!
Then we ate at Famous Dave's BBQ....uggggggggh....delicious but I seriously gained 5 lbs!
Then we came back....I FINISHED MY RESEARCH PAPER (hallelujah!!!!!!!!) and my parents and I sat in the spa before hopping into bed!!!!
Now I am off onto more adventures...so sorry this was so quick...but I'm sure I'll have some exciting pictures and updates for you tonight on the museum! :))
With love,
Mollie
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Hahahaha.....my friend Ed
Okay...I forgot to tell you of an awkward turtle moment I experienced yesterday! :o)
So there's this valet named Ed who wears this cool uniform and who works in front of the hotel...and I wanted to take a funny picture with the concierge guys yesterday....but I guess my mom thought I wanted to take a picture with *Ed*...so on the way back from our walk to Border's...before we walked through the hotel's cool revolving doors....my mom was like, "Ed can my daughter take a picture with you?" (I was like ummmmm....haha....GREAT....thanks Mom!) But he was like "Let's ALL get in the picture together, ladies" and he like grabbed my mom and I in this death grip and dragged us up to this hotel worker and talked on and on about how he loves taking pictures with ladies (with his arms still around us in a death grip!!) AND THE GUY WAS TECHNOLOGICALLY INEPT AND TOOK FOREVER TO TAKE THE PICTURE...SO WE JUST KINDA STOOD THERE UNCOMFORTABLY FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AS ED ENJOYED HIS MOMENT OF GLORY-- A PICTURE WITH TWO LADIES! Hence, the awkward smiles and apparent laughter we were experiencing in the picture!!!!
OK....maybe it was a "you had to be there moment".... :)))
So there's this valet named Ed who wears this cool uniform and who works in front of the hotel...and I wanted to take a funny picture with the concierge guys yesterday....but I guess my mom thought I wanted to take a picture with *Ed*...so on the way back from our walk to Border's...before we walked through the hotel's cool revolving doors....my mom was like, "Ed can my daughter take a picture with you?" (I was like ummmmm....haha....GREAT....thanks Mom!) But he was like "Let's ALL get in the picture together, ladies" and he like grabbed my mom and I in this death grip and dragged us up to this hotel worker and talked on and on about how he loves taking pictures with ladies (with his arms still around us in a death grip!!) AND THE GUY WAS TECHNOLOGICALLY INEPT AND TOOK FOREVER TO TAKE THE PICTURE...SO WE JUST KINDA STOOD THERE UNCOMFORTABLY FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AS ED ENJOYED HIS MOMENT OF GLORY-- A PICTURE WITH TWO LADIES! Hence, the awkward smiles and apparent laughter we were experiencing in the picture!!!!
OK....maybe it was a "you had to be there moment".... :)))
My Kentucky Woes
Hey everybody!
Well I've been working hard at having a good attitude today-- because it has taken me probably 45 minutes to download these pictures onto this blog (so I hope you enjoy them-- set them as your desktop, order your own reprints...j/k :) ) and I've been working on a research paper since Tuesday....that I frankly have no desire whatsoever to be working on while on vacation...I just want to be outside reading a good book and soaking up the sun or sitting in the spa or something, but this paper is due on Wednesday and I need to be diligent. Pray that I would not be frustrated but just rely upon the Lord's grace (but poor yet gracious parents are so good at putting up with me and my mood swings! You don't want to be around me when I am stressed or having computer issues, let me assure you!!)-- I keep reminding myself of Philippians 4:6-7, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Anyway, now that I have poured out to you my Kentucky woes :)))...let me give you an update! Thanks for patiently awaiting one...now you know why it was so delayed.
OK.....So, last I left off I was telling you about my work-out yesterday....I got back and started pounding out some words on the keyboard and had fun talking to my sister and Katie Hamilton on AIM. Then my mom made me take a break from writing (in order to preserve my sanity--whatever remnant of sanity I have that is :)) and we went to our hotel Starbucks & I got a skinny cinnamon dolce latte and a cream cheese pastry (hmmmmm....kinda contradictory I know). I had to do econ while I ate my breakfast, but that was OK. Then my parents had a TMS alumni BBQ lunch at the conference....but I decided to stay in the hotel room and work on my paper for a bit. When my mom got back, we went on a refreshing walk and spent about an hour and a half in Borders Bookstore, and that was really fun. My mom read this really cool book (THE ENTIRE THING--275 pgs.--IN AN HOUR AND A HALF, she's a crazy speed reader!!) called Mistaken Identity that was about two Christian friends and fellow college students that looked alike & that got in a car accident and were really disfigured and one died and one lived, but the weird thing is that the family who's daughter died thought their daughter was the one who was alive in the hospital....and the family who's daughter lived thought their daughter was the one who had died & so they went through all the funeral preparations...only a few days later did the families find out the truth & the book talks about how they responded to it. So while my mom was reading this profound and Christ-exalting book I was reading an ahhhhem, bridal magazine for an hour and a half....which I assure you is ALSO very profound (it talks about Swarovski crystals) and Christ-exalting (just read Genesis 2 my friends!)
Anyway, moving on ;), after that we walked back to the hotel and my dad got back and we went to the Old Spaghetti Factory--which was DELICIOUS! Best food I've had all week by far (there's your daily food update!!) The inside was really fun--chandeliers everywhere and a fake trolley car in the middle of the restaurant you could eat inside of! My mom and I ordered the "Number 2 Platter" :D to split which was spinach and cheese ravioli and spaghetti with "rich" meat sauce and I got an Italian vanilla cream soda (the meal also came with salad, fresh, hot bread and spumoni...AMAZING Italian ice cream, almost tasted like neopolitan to me!) A definite highlight of the day for me was interviewing my dad about what his military career was like before I was born (I needed this info for my research paper that I am writing, it was so interesting, I learned so many things I didn't know, he was a missile launch officer during th Cold War--so he had some very cool stories I assure you!)
After dinner, we came back to our hotel room--chilled out and then met up with some old friends from our church in Alabama in the hotel lobby---then I went back to my room and worked some more on my paper (drinking sweet tea and working on my paper---the two main themes of my week!)
When my parents came back after visiting with their friends, we all CRASHED....it was the first night I actually slept well, I was so tired!
Then this morning...I worked on my paper some more (it better get an A!!) and my mom got me a skinny latte and a bagel and cream cheese from Starbucks...she is so kind to me, she knows how to cheer me up! :)
Then after a few hours, my mom made me take a break and we walked around Louisville again...we explored the Convention Center some more....let me tell you the books they are selling at the conference are INCREDIBLE....I want to read them all (only problem is there were about a hundred of them!! :)) Then we went into the Louisville Visitor's Center and it had a display on Colonel Sanders (aka the "Kentucky Fried Chicken Man!" :) ) They had a very lifelike mannequin of him...but we forgot our camera...so I'll try to get a pic. with him later today (I have this thing for mannequins...and this one beats the debonnaire studs at the mall...because HE'S HOLDING A BUCKET OF FRIED CHICKEN!)
Anyway, we've been back for an hour or so....and I've been working on my paper....and loading the pictures you are now enjoying (OR BETTER BE ENJOYING ;o) ) for about 45 min.
The conference ends today, so all the organizations are taking down their booths and wrapping up their fellowship...so we're just waiting on my dad to get back, before we leave to go sightsee some more and I GET TO LEAVE THIS TEMPERMENTAL LAPTOP!
Hope you all are having a great day back in the Golden State!
Ou revoir from the Bluegrass state,
Mollie
Well I've been working hard at having a good attitude today-- because it has taken me probably 45 minutes to download these pictures onto this blog (so I hope you enjoy them-- set them as your desktop, order your own reprints...j/k :) ) and I've been working on a research paper since Tuesday....that I frankly have no desire whatsoever to be working on while on vacation...I just want to be outside reading a good book and soaking up the sun or sitting in the spa or something, but this paper is due on Wednesday and I need to be diligent. Pray that I would not be frustrated but just rely upon the Lord's grace (but poor yet gracious parents are so good at putting up with me and my mood swings! You don't want to be around me when I am stressed or having computer issues, let me assure you!!)-- I keep reminding myself of Philippians 4:6-7, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
Anyway, now that I have poured out to you my Kentucky woes :)))...let me give you an update! Thanks for patiently awaiting one...now you know why it was so delayed.
OK.....So, last I left off I was telling you about my work-out yesterday....I got back and started pounding out some words on the keyboard and had fun talking to my sister and Katie Hamilton on AIM. Then my mom made me take a break from writing (in order to preserve my sanity--whatever remnant of sanity I have that is :)) and we went to our hotel Starbucks & I got a skinny cinnamon dolce latte and a cream cheese pastry (hmmmmm....kinda contradictory I know). I had to do econ while I ate my breakfast, but that was OK. Then my parents had a TMS alumni BBQ lunch at the conference....but I decided to stay in the hotel room and work on my paper for a bit. When my mom got back, we went on a refreshing walk and spent about an hour and a half in Borders Bookstore, and that was really fun. My mom read this really cool book (THE ENTIRE THING--275 pgs.--IN AN HOUR AND A HALF, she's a crazy speed reader!!) called Mistaken Identity that was about two Christian friends and fellow college students that looked alike & that got in a car accident and were really disfigured and one died and one lived, but the weird thing is that the family who's daughter died thought their daughter was the one who was alive in the hospital....and the family who's daughter lived thought their daughter was the one who had died & so they went through all the funeral preparations...only a few days later did the families find out the truth & the book talks about how they responded to it. So while my mom was reading this profound and Christ-exalting book I was reading an ahhhhem, bridal magazine for an hour and a half....which I assure you is ALSO very profound (it talks about Swarovski crystals) and Christ-exalting (just read Genesis 2 my friends!)
Anyway, moving on ;), after that we walked back to the hotel and my dad got back and we went to the Old Spaghetti Factory--which was DELICIOUS! Best food I've had all week by far (there's your daily food update!!) The inside was really fun--chandeliers everywhere and a fake trolley car in the middle of the restaurant you could eat inside of! My mom and I ordered the "Number 2 Platter" :D to split which was spinach and cheese ravioli and spaghetti with "rich" meat sauce and I got an Italian vanilla cream soda (the meal also came with salad, fresh, hot bread and spumoni...AMAZING Italian ice cream, almost tasted like neopolitan to me!) A definite highlight of the day for me was interviewing my dad about what his military career was like before I was born (I needed this info for my research paper that I am writing, it was so interesting, I learned so many things I didn't know, he was a missile launch officer during th Cold War--so he had some very cool stories I assure you!)
After dinner, we came back to our hotel room--chilled out and then met up with some old friends from our church in Alabama in the hotel lobby---then I went back to my room and worked some more on my paper (drinking sweet tea and working on my paper---the two main themes of my week!)
When my parents came back after visiting with their friends, we all CRASHED....it was the first night I actually slept well, I was so tired!
Then this morning...I worked on my paper some more (it better get an A!!) and my mom got me a skinny latte and a bagel and cream cheese from Starbucks...she is so kind to me, she knows how to cheer me up! :)
Then after a few hours, my mom made me take a break and we walked around Louisville again...we explored the Convention Center some more....let me tell you the books they are selling at the conference are INCREDIBLE....I want to read them all (only problem is there were about a hundred of them!! :)) Then we went into the Louisville Visitor's Center and it had a display on Colonel Sanders (aka the "Kentucky Fried Chicken Man!" :) ) They had a very lifelike mannequin of him...but we forgot our camera...so I'll try to get a pic. with him later today (I have this thing for mannequins...and this one beats the debonnaire studs at the mall...because HE'S HOLDING A BUCKET OF FRIED CHICKEN!)
Anyway, we've been back for an hour or so....and I've been working on my paper....and loading the pictures you are now enjoying (OR BETTER BE ENJOYING ;o) ) for about 45 min.
The conference ends today, so all the organizations are taking down their booths and wrapping up their fellowship...so we're just waiting on my dad to get back, before we leave to go sightsee some more and I GET TO LEAVE THIS TEMPERMENTAL LAPTOP!
Hope you all are having a great day back in the Golden State!
Ou revoir from the Bluegrass state,
Mollie
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Good morning from KY!!
Hey everybody...its 9:00 in Kentucky and I just thought I'd give you another "quickie" update:
So last night we ate at Joe's Crab Shack...my meal was delicious, I got a strawberry mango smoothie, salmon, rice & vegetables (in case you didn't notice it by now...vacations for me are all about FOOD ;)) ).
Then we took a long walk and toured downtown Louisville---that was fun---seeing horse drawn carriages (girls, there was this one that was all lit up and shaped like Cinderalla's carriage...I almost died...I wanted to steal it so badly...haha), watching the sunset, running into familiar faces outside of the convention center, exploring the convention center...
Thanks for being patient about the pictures--they are finally up & running, and hopefully I'll take a bunch more today for ya!
2 more random facts for you:
*Louisville, KY is named after King Louis XVI
*Am I the only one who NEVER noticed (until my dad pointed it out) that there's not typically a 13th floor on hotels (b/c of all the superstition behind the number "13!")
Well, I just got back from working out again (got up at 6:00....uggggh)....I ran on the elliptical bike uphill, biked uphill, did some reps & had fun trying out all of the fun weight machines!! :)
Right now I am CRAVING an egg mcmuffin and a cinnamon dolce latte....and I have no idea why!
The plan for today hasn't been formulated--my mom is still waking up b/c she didn't sleep too well last night!! My goal today though is to be more diligent about knocking out my research paper, it's on Ronald Reagan's speech on the Berlin Wall "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down these walls" & the impact it had upon our nation...I might take it more from the angle of how it impacted my family/dad (since he was in the Air Force at that time & was involved in all that nuclear stuff). If you have any tips, I would appreciate it---I am having major writer's block! :)
I also would like to sit somewhere quietly and just have more time in the Word today....oh....my SLC/5:17 family....I thought you would appreciate this....I forgot to bring my iPod to the gym this morning, so I just huffed and puffed out prayers for ya'll during my workout!! ;)
Anyway, have a great day everyone!!!! I miss ya'll!!!!!
Psalm 115:1,
Mollie
So last night we ate at Joe's Crab Shack...my meal was delicious, I got a strawberry mango smoothie, salmon, rice & vegetables (in case you didn't notice it by now...vacations for me are all about FOOD ;)) ).
Then we took a long walk and toured downtown Louisville---that was fun---seeing horse drawn carriages (girls, there was this one that was all lit up and shaped like Cinderalla's carriage...I almost died...I wanted to steal it so badly...haha), watching the sunset, running into familiar faces outside of the convention center, exploring the convention center...
Thanks for being patient about the pictures--they are finally up & running, and hopefully I'll take a bunch more today for ya!
2 more random facts for you:
*Louisville, KY is named after King Louis XVI
*Am I the only one who NEVER noticed (until my dad pointed it out) that there's not typically a 13th floor on hotels (b/c of all the superstition behind the number "13!")
Well, I just got back from working out again (got up at 6:00....uggggh)....I ran on the elliptical bike uphill, biked uphill, did some reps & had fun trying out all of the fun weight machines!! :)
Right now I am CRAVING an egg mcmuffin and a cinnamon dolce latte....and I have no idea why!
The plan for today hasn't been formulated--my mom is still waking up b/c she didn't sleep too well last night!! My goal today though is to be more diligent about knocking out my research paper, it's on Ronald Reagan's speech on the Berlin Wall "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down these walls" & the impact it had upon our nation...I might take it more from the angle of how it impacted my family/dad (since he was in the Air Force at that time & was involved in all that nuclear stuff). If you have any tips, I would appreciate it---I am having major writer's block! :)
I also would like to sit somewhere quietly and just have more time in the Word today....oh....my SLC/5:17 family....I thought you would appreciate this....I forgot to bring my iPod to the gym this morning, so I just huffed and puffed out prayers for ya'll during my workout!! ;)
Anyway, have a great day everyone!!!! I miss ya'll!!!!!
Psalm 115:1,
Mollie
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Some other random thoughts
Hey ya'll (that's right I'm gettin in touch with my inner Southern belle!)
Well, I got back from the mall a few hours ago (I got a really cute dress at Forever 21, a cute shirt at Aeropostale and a funny card for Brian Mathew Smith at Hallmark...its his birthday this week!! :)) )
Then my mom and I devoured pretzel sticks at Auntie Anne's and drank sweet tea (I know, you're seeing a pattern here...gotta enjoy it while I can! :)) ) We talked and did our study on Joshua Harris' Not Even a Hint book.
Then I have been hopelessly addicted to IM and Facebook...bad Mollie!!! I have gotten a little bit of work done...it is SO HARD trying to write a research paper when you're on vacation....blahhh....oh well, COLOSSIANS 3:23!!! :))
Before my dad gets back and helps me post pictures and we head to Joe's Crab House that looks over the Ohio River, I thought of a few random things I wanted to share with you:
*Our spunky little waitress last night at Cracker Barrel kept saying "yes ma'am" and "no ma'am"...I LOVED IT!! ;))
*Cool fact...if you look out from the hotel (about half a mile away) you can see a really funky, colossal looking bridge--cross the bridge and you are in Indiana....its also only 2 hours away from Nashville...so Louisville is kinda the crossroads for many states!!
*THERE IS A STARBUCKS IN MY HOTEL....I'M ONLY A FEW FLOORS ABOVE HEAVENLY & EASILY ACCESSIBLE GOODNESS....HAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (That was for you, Courtney & Austin, b/c you understand the virtues of Starbucks!!!)
*NO BODY HONKS HERE....everybody is so nice on the road!!! :))
There you go....a quick, random post to satisy your insatiable (helping ya'll with your vocabulary) desires to follow my fantastic adventures!!!
Haha, I'm heading to dinner!
Ciao! Mollie
Well, I got back from the mall a few hours ago (I got a really cute dress at Forever 21, a cute shirt at Aeropostale and a funny card for Brian Mathew Smith at Hallmark...its his birthday this week!! :)) )
Then my mom and I devoured pretzel sticks at Auntie Anne's and drank sweet tea (I know, you're seeing a pattern here...gotta enjoy it while I can! :)) ) We talked and did our study on Joshua Harris' Not Even a Hint book.
Then I have been hopelessly addicted to IM and Facebook...bad Mollie!!! I have gotten a little bit of work done...it is SO HARD trying to write a research paper when you're on vacation....blahhh....oh well, COLOSSIANS 3:23!!! :))
Before my dad gets back and helps me post pictures and we head to Joe's Crab House that looks over the Ohio River, I thought of a few random things I wanted to share with you:
*Our spunky little waitress last night at Cracker Barrel kept saying "yes ma'am" and "no ma'am"...I LOVED IT!! ;))
*Cool fact...if you look out from the hotel (about half a mile away) you can see a really funky, colossal looking bridge--cross the bridge and you are in Indiana....its also only 2 hours away from Nashville...so Louisville is kinda the crossroads for many states!!
*THERE IS A STARBUCKS IN MY HOTEL....I'M ONLY A FEW FLOORS ABOVE HEAVENLY & EASILY ACCESSIBLE GOODNESS....HAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (That was for you, Courtney & Austin, b/c you understand the virtues of Starbucks!!!)
*NO BODY HONKS HERE....everybody is so nice on the road!!! :))
There you go....a quick, random post to satisy your insatiable (helping ya'll with your vocabulary) desires to follow my fantastic adventures!!!
Haha, I'm heading to dinner!
Ciao! Mollie
Pictures Coming!!
Technical difficulties (aka Dad is at the conference and can't help me out ;)) )....pictures coming later!!!
My first incredible day
First of all,
I just wanted to apologize for not posting anything yesterday- it was a very full day and we just didn't get the wifi up and running!
But I am officially in Kentucky--home of horseracing, competitive college basketball--and ahhem--whiskey and tobacco. ;) To clarify, my dad is here to represent The Master's Seminary at the Together For the Gospel Conference (Tuesday-Thursday, featuring Al Mohler, CJ Mahaney, John MacArthur and other exceptional speakers), and my mom and I are just along for the ride!! :))
It is 10:51 in Louisville, the high for today is a chilly 61 degrees, but as I look out the window the sun is shining and it looks like it is gonna be another incredible day!! :D
Let me back up a little though and tell you about yesterday...
Yesterday began wonderfully- I woke up at 4:30 AM to the blare of my radio alarm and stubbed my toe-for the second time- against my suitcase (which I stupidly positioned right beside my bed).
We drove to the airport, went through all of that rigamorole--then just chilled out before our flight took off around 7:ooish....I got a strawberry, banana smoothie at one of the airport cafes and that thankfully allowed me to forget all about alarm clocks, getting up at 4:30 AM, and stubbing my toe against suitcases. :))
Our first flight was from Burbank to Denver, CO, our second flight was from Denver, Co to Chicago, IL...then finally we flew out of O'Hare and into Louisville! Needless to say, we had a lot of layovers!!
I just rested on the first flight, then on the second and third flight I listened to my iPod and read Passion and Purity.
On board, I gracefully managed to spill cranberry juice all over my white/beige colored shirt...lovely. Why do things like that always happen to me?? Thankfully I was wearing another shirt and a jacket and my stained shirt is now soaking happily in the bathroom.
I DID grab Starbucks in the O'Hare airpot-- carmel frappe light, no whip cream.
Now for the most exciting part of the day (definitley the highlight, drumroll, hope you're ready for this!)-- on our flight from Chicago to Louisville, guess who was on board??? The big Kurt Gebhards!!!!!
Even cooler still (sorry Kurt ;)) ), guess who we saw by the baggage claim who was there to pick up Kurt?? ERIC BANCROFT!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I will post a picture as proof!) My parents and I got to talk to him for about 15/20 minutes- about what's been going on in our family's lives, 180 ministry, and how he and his fam are doing in Indiana! He says he and Danelle love where they're at right now-- everyday they wake up and can't believe they own their beautiful home, Isaac and David are making many friends in their neighborhood, they live only a few miles away from the boys' school and they are thankful to live in a place where there are 4 distinct seasons (Eric said Danelle was like, "What's that," when their tulips in their yard started blooming and he was like, "Babe, that is a TULIP!") He said he begins preaching through a series this Sunday--that he's only preached once (on Easter, I think he said). He will be preaching through ordinances of the church. I also got to meet a man named Troy, who was with him, who ironically, is the youth pastor of Castleview Baptist...so that was cool. I asked Eric if I could pass on any messages to everybody in 180 and he said what I would have expected: that he loves us all, misses us, continue to pray for him when we think of it and that we are in good hands with Austin (he said he and Austin get to talk all the time about what's happening in 180, so he stays briefed). We talked about NYC missions, my sister coming on staff, SLC retreat...then it was time for all of us to pick up our baggage and hit the road. Definitley a remarkable and unexpected gift from the Lord getting to see and talk with my old youth pastor!! :)
Then we got our rental car (there was an ice scraper in it and I was like, "Dad, what's that?" :)) ) and drove to (second highlight of the day) CRACKER BARREL!
I got sweet tea and a chicken salad...but I got a stomach ache....:(((
After dinner, we checked into our hotel-which is BEAUTIFUL (I feel like Princess Mia from Princess Diaries...I'll post more pictures of the hotel later). Then we unpacked and discussed the tenative weekly agenda (which I will also post later)...and then we explored the hotel a bit before hitting up the GYM! I ran two miles on the treadmill, then did some reps with the weights and some situps/pushups. Then we came back to our room-showered, I read my Bible and then we hit the sack (I didn't sleep so well, but that's OK).
Then today my dad and I got up around 8:30 (KY time) and went to the gym again- this time I biked ten minutes up hill the whole way (it was killer), did reps again, and ran on the elliptical bike....now I am finishing up this blog and getting read to check out the Louisville MALL!
Anyway...thanks for reading this NOVEL...and I promise to keep you updated on the rest of today's adventures!! :)))
-Mollie
James 1:17
I just wanted to apologize for not posting anything yesterday- it was a very full day and we just didn't get the wifi up and running!
But I am officially in Kentucky--home of horseracing, competitive college basketball--and ahhem--whiskey and tobacco. ;) To clarify, my dad is here to represent The Master's Seminary at the Together For the Gospel Conference (Tuesday-Thursday, featuring Al Mohler, CJ Mahaney, John MacArthur and other exceptional speakers), and my mom and I are just along for the ride!! :))
It is 10:51 in Louisville, the high for today is a chilly 61 degrees, but as I look out the window the sun is shining and it looks like it is gonna be another incredible day!! :D
Let me back up a little though and tell you about yesterday...
Yesterday began wonderfully- I woke up at 4:30 AM to the blare of my radio alarm and stubbed my toe-for the second time- against my suitcase (which I stupidly positioned right beside my bed).
We drove to the airport, went through all of that rigamorole--then just chilled out before our flight took off around 7:ooish....I got a strawberry, banana smoothie at one of the airport cafes and that thankfully allowed me to forget all about alarm clocks, getting up at 4:30 AM, and stubbing my toe against suitcases. :))
Our first flight was from Burbank to Denver, CO, our second flight was from Denver, Co to Chicago, IL...then finally we flew out of O'Hare and into Louisville! Needless to say, we had a lot of layovers!!
I just rested on the first flight, then on the second and third flight I listened to my iPod and read Passion and Purity.
On board, I gracefully managed to spill cranberry juice all over my white/beige colored shirt...lovely. Why do things like that always happen to me?? Thankfully I was wearing another shirt and a jacket and my stained shirt is now soaking happily in the bathroom.
I DID grab Starbucks in the O'Hare airpot-- carmel frappe light, no whip cream.
Now for the most exciting part of the day (definitley the highlight, drumroll, hope you're ready for this!)-- on our flight from Chicago to Louisville, guess who was on board??? The big Kurt Gebhards!!!!!
Even cooler still (sorry Kurt ;)) ), guess who we saw by the baggage claim who was there to pick up Kurt?? ERIC BANCROFT!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I will post a picture as proof!) My parents and I got to talk to him for about 15/20 minutes- about what's been going on in our family's lives, 180 ministry, and how he and his fam are doing in Indiana! He says he and Danelle love where they're at right now-- everyday they wake up and can't believe they own their beautiful home, Isaac and David are making many friends in their neighborhood, they live only a few miles away from the boys' school and they are thankful to live in a place where there are 4 distinct seasons (Eric said Danelle was like, "What's that," when their tulips in their yard started blooming and he was like, "Babe, that is a TULIP!") He said he begins preaching through a series this Sunday--that he's only preached once (on Easter, I think he said). He will be preaching through ordinances of the church. I also got to meet a man named Troy, who was with him, who ironically, is the youth pastor of Castleview Baptist...so that was cool. I asked Eric if I could pass on any messages to everybody in 180 and he said what I would have expected: that he loves us all, misses us, continue to pray for him when we think of it and that we are in good hands with Austin (he said he and Austin get to talk all the time about what's happening in 180, so he stays briefed). We talked about NYC missions, my sister coming on staff, SLC retreat...then it was time for all of us to pick up our baggage and hit the road. Definitley a remarkable and unexpected gift from the Lord getting to see and talk with my old youth pastor!! :)
Then we got our rental car (there was an ice scraper in it and I was like, "Dad, what's that?" :)) ) and drove to (second highlight of the day) CRACKER BARREL!
I got sweet tea and a chicken salad...but I got a stomach ache....:(((
After dinner, we checked into our hotel-which is BEAUTIFUL (I feel like Princess Mia from Princess Diaries...I'll post more pictures of the hotel later). Then we unpacked and discussed the tenative weekly agenda (which I will also post later)...and then we explored the hotel a bit before hitting up the GYM! I ran two miles on the treadmill, then did some reps with the weights and some situps/pushups. Then we came back to our room-showered, I read my Bible and then we hit the sack (I didn't sleep so well, but that's OK).
Then today my dad and I got up around 8:30 (KY time) and went to the gym again- this time I biked ten minutes up hill the whole way (it was killer), did reps again, and ran on the elliptical bike....now I am finishing up this blog and getting read to check out the Louisville MALL!
Anyway...thanks for reading this NOVEL...and I promise to keep you updated on the rest of today's adventures!! :)))
-Mollie
James 1:17
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Kicking it off
Hey everybody!!!
Well it's 10:40 on Sunday night...and I should be in bed...b/c I have to get up tomorrow at 4:30 AM to make it to the airport (at that ridiculous hour, I don't think even Starbucks Coffee can save me!!)
But I just wanted to get this thing started--so you all can follow me & my 6 days in Kentucky! :))
Love you all--thanks for reading this & continue to stay posted!
XOXO,
Mollie
Well it's 10:40 on Sunday night...and I should be in bed...b/c I have to get up tomorrow at 4:30 AM to make it to the airport (at that ridiculous hour, I don't think even Starbucks Coffee can save me!!)
But I just wanted to get this thing started--so you all can follow me & my 6 days in Kentucky! :))
Love you all--thanks for reading this & continue to stay posted!
XOXO,
Mollie
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