Greetings From Stormy Nebraska!

Hi, everyone!

We've made it to Nebraska City, Nebraska. We traveled through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri (for nigh unto forever, it seemed!), Iowa (for only about ten minutes), and then into Nebraska. Tomorrow, we will spend most of the day driving through Nebraska and looking at all the, ummmm. . . corn. Lots of it.

Micah has done really well being in the van all day. He listened to my Zune, did some word searches, read about Lewis & Clark's expedition (while we were traveling in some of the same spots they did. . . go, homeschooling!), and tried to join in on all the adult conversations. He even took a nap for about an hour and a half. We saw the St. Louis Arch, which wowed me once again and wowed Micah to no end. He's talked about it all day.

Tonight when he & I were sitting at Subway, I asked him what the best part of his day was. He said, "The Arch!" When I asked him what the worst part of his day was, he responded, "Well, nothing. The whole day has been fun!" I thought that being in the van for so long might bore him, but it didn't. What a great kid!

Pray for us as we travel to Manderson tomorrow. We've heard that many of the Lakota men have been more friendly than in years past, but that some of the children have been nearly unhandlable. We've also heard that, due to the Fourth coming up this week, many of the kids are shooting off bottle rockets all over the place. It is not uncommon for children as young as four to know how to shoot fireworks. So please pray for our safety and the safety of everyone we're working with.

We should be in Manderson by about five o'clock tomorrow afternoon. If I can get an Internet signal from there, I will post, but if I can't, you'll hear from me again either in the morning before we leave or next Friday on our way back home.

Much love to everyone. Thank you for your many prayers and amazing support.

Blessings,
Sarah & Micah

P.S. It was storming here just before we arrived, but it cleared up as we pulled in. Also, we saw the effects of the flooding in Iowa and surrounding areas. The water was pretty high. . . keep all those affected by that in your prayers.