Santa Monica, CA to San Diego, CA

December 12, 2012

Trip so far: 82hr 49min, 5641.4 mi Wednesday: 12:45am PST to 5:15pm PST Our arrival in California gave us the opportunity to spend a few days with family before heading further south, and we enjoyed every moment! Logan and Heather were kind enough to put us up in the area, and introduce us to several […]

Payson, AZ to Santa Monica, CA

December 11, 2012

Trip so far: 79hr 34min, 5506.7 mi Sunday: 7:00am CST to 4:00pm PST Despite the slight delay in this update, we did in fact make it safely to LA on Sunday! Our temporary residence is Internet-challenged, so it’s taken me a little more time to push this out than usual. Don’t worry – we’ll be […]

Guymon, OK to Payson, AZ

December 8, 2012

Trip so far: 72hr 43min, 4846.6 mi Saturday: 9:40am CST to 10:31pm MST Today’s journey went well enough us, but not for others on the road. Midway through our day, Amy witnessed the final seconds of a horrifying crash. A 55-65 year old man in a silver F-150 appeared to have lost consciousness while driving, […]

West Des Moines, IA to Guymon, OK

December 8, 2012

Trip so far: 62hr 21min, 4172.4 mi Friday: 9:30am CST to 10:59pm CST Another day of tough goodbyes… while we struggled to say ‘see you later’ to our good friends Dave and Danielle, Elayne broke down crying because she didn’t want to leave her friend, their daughter. Every opportunity we have to spend time with […]

Waukesha, WI to West Des Moines, IA

December 4, 2012

Trip so far: 52hr 18min, 3545.1 mi Monday: 2:16pm CST to 9:32pm CST With Waukesha in our rear-view mirror, our cross-country journey is picking up steam! Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin lay behind us… and suddenly, we’re down to Iowa, California, and Washington on the road before us. I’m afraid that if we blink, we […]

Spring Arbor, MI to Waukesha, WI

November 28, 2012

Trip so far: 46hr 49min, 3175.0 mi Wednesday: 1:30pm EST to 7:38pm CST It’s always hard to say goodbye to close friends, and today was no exception. Our time in Michigan had been wonderful in so many ways – but Christmas is coming whether we’re in Washington or not, and so we found ourselves forced […]

Roach, MO to Spring Arbor, MI

November 21, 2012

Trip so far: 41hr 11min, 2854.4 mi Monday: 10:10am CST to 11:50pm EST Although we had more to do in Missouri than we’d imagined, our time at the Missionary Training Center had to – and finally did! – come to an end. We shared impossible farewells with friends we’ve grown to love dearly over the […]

Rolling Along

November 20, 2012

This story was originally posted on Facebook, but was re-posted here to ensure everyone hears the details! A TUESDAY NIGHT FAIRYTALE (11/13/2012) Once upon a time, Jordan was changing the oil in the minivan. Job done, he slowly started easing the minivan out the back of the garage. The back wheels went over the edge […]

Tahlequah, OK to Roach, MO

October 7, 2012

Trip so far: 31hr 09min, 2189.7 mi Friday: 1:20pm CST to 5:47pm CST Seven weeks down, three to go! Our final language session with Jerry ended at 1:00pm on Friday, and we immediately piled into the car with Missouri in our sights. Our final week of Cherokee live-language study went wonderfully, revealing most of the […]

Day 4: Salina, KS to Tahlequah, OK

August 17, 2012

Trip so far: 28hr 42min, 1938.2 mi Today: 9:39am CST to 6:32pm CST We made it! Four days after our early morning departure from Spokane, we rolled in to our destination in Tahlequah, OK. Our travel, all things concerned, has been remarkably absent of trouble or stress… thank you all so much for praying! God’s […]