In Colorado

Yes, that’s where we are at the moment. We left home on Friday in the morning. After a smooth border crossing, we started our trek into the United States. The roads were clear and progress was good. We stayed in Sheridan, Wyoming for the night. We left a little bit before 8:00 a.m. (record broken!) Around lunchtime, we were cruising down the interstate at around 75 mph when Daddy saw a hammer laying on the road. He knew he couldn’t miss it so he just hit it, the thought going through his mind that this might cost a tire. Leandro needed to use a restroom very badly and so we got off of the interstate and found one. After Daddy got out of the van, he checked the tires. Sure enough, the tire was letting out air. We went to find a place to fix it. The Costco parking lot was full so we went to Sears. They were totally booked but they told Daddy to park outside the door and they would at least put the spare on for us. After removing the tire, the man who did it, said he would quickly try to fix it. After he had put it on, Daddy wanted to pay him. “No,” he said he couldn’t accept anything for work done outside. Daddy thanked him and we thanked God. As we thought about it, we realized what a blessing it had been that Leandro had needed the restroom. We could have easily realized that our tire was empty too late. And even if we had realized it soon enough, we would have had to fix it on the shoulder of a busy interstate.

After finding our way through Denver, we headed through the mountains to Frank and Elaine. Even though there was a nice layer of snow everywhere, the road was clear so that was a blessing. We were almost at their house when our trailer started shaking. Another flat! Thankfully we knew the couple whose driveway was next so we just parked the trailer there and headed to Frank and Elaine’s, a few hours later than planned.

Even though the situations weren’t the most pleasant, we saw God’s hand working through it all.

Now we have thoroughly been enjoying our time at Frank and Elaine’s. We had a relaxing Sunday yesterday. Even though we hardly noticed it, it was snowing quite hard all evening. This morning we woke up to a thick layer of snow on the ground. Our cousins didn’t have to go to school due to the weather so we have enjoyed a forenoon outside in the snow with the quads and snowboards.