{"id":3080,"date":"2014-06-04T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2014-06-04T11:00:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T16:00:03","slug":"from-mi-to-mo-to-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/payton-downing\/2014\/06\/04\/from-mi-to-mo-to-co\/","title":{"rendered":"From MI to MO to CO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We took it slow traveling this time. It really only takes 24 hours to get to Colorado from Michigan, but we decided to go slow and see people! We left on Monday and arrived in CO on Friday<\/p>\n<p>First stop, Illinois to see some friends we&#8217;d met in Colorado&#8211;thanks Baileys for the dinner, a comfy bed, good conversation, and a delightful breakfast!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3067\" src=\"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/For-blogupdates-111.jpg\" alt=\"For blog:updates - 11\" width=\"541\" height=\"507\" \/>We headed onward to Missouri and stayed at the MTC with our friends, the Pryors. Again, there were many meals, good conversations, and best of all just spending time with our friends! We were so glad to be able to say final goodbyes to folks who are going all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>The Pryors also introduced us to a game called Pandemic. Imagine yourself as the Center for Disease Control tasked with the job of saving the planet. It may sound ridiculous, but it&#8217;s quite addictive! Not only that but you&#8217;re all working together to cure disease that have run amok&#8211;it&#8217;s cooperative rather than competitive! It was so much fun that Payton and I bought it almost as soon as we got to Colorado.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3070\" src=\"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/For-blogupdates-14.jpg\" alt=\"For blog:updates - 14\" width=\"582\" height=\"546\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another thing that we&#8217;ll miss about our friends we&#8217;ve made is that fact that their kids grow up and they don&#8217;t remember us! Plus they grow up and turn into little, amazing people that we don&#8217;t get to know. So, we&#8217;ve had to learn to settle for pictures and following blogs. \ud83d\ude42 Hopefully, Gracia (below) is big enough to remember us!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3069\" src=\"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/For-blogupdates-13.jpg\" alt=\"For blog:updates - 13\" width=\"563\" height=\"751\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3081\" src=\"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_4848-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4848\" width=\"589\" height=\"442\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Little Thatch was only a few hours old when we first saw him, now he&#8217;s practically a grown man! Well, except for the drool \ud83d\ude42<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3068\" src=\"http:\/\/paytonandgrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/For-blogupdates-12.jpg\" alt=\"For blog:updates - 12\" width=\"570\" height=\"760\" \/>God paved a smooth road for us in our travels&#8211;no car trouble, trailer trouble, or empty gas tanks! Thank YOU for all of your prayers on our behalf!<\/p>\n<p><em><sup class=\"versenum\"> &#8220;<\/sup>&#8230;so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many&#8221; &#8211; 2 Corinthians 1:11<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We took it slow traveling this time. It really only takes 24 hours to get to Colorado from Michigan, but we decided to go slow and see people! 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