Minnesota Trip

Hello,

Before I talk about that MN trip, I should let you know that when we came home there was a message on the answering machine. Leroy called to find out that he had not been chosen from the interview that he just had. All candidates had been rejected. One additional church had done a phone interview with Leroy, but they said they would do nothing further until the new year. We are still waiting to be surprised by some perfect fit.

People in the church knew that we needed to leave for our trip so they made sure that we were early in line and we did not have to help clean up! They shooed us out the door so we could beat rain, ice and or snow.

The wind had come up and the temperature was dropping. It was a bit of a struggle to drive, as it required steering into the west wind because we wanted to go north. It was below freezing and I noticed that the wind side of my body felt cold when I was driving. I did not speed, but kept going right at the limit. We only made one stop so it was one of our quickest trips. Occasionally, we would be enveloped by sudden dense snow showers that would stop just as dramatically as they had started. It was only at the southern edge of The Cities that it began to snow in earnest. We were happy that it just was another half-hour of driving before we reached Brian and Jen’s house.

Miriam and Andy were already there and we entered a lively group complete with two little girls running around. We exchanged gifts that night since Jen had to work or be at a soccer game on Monday and we were all leaving on Tuesday. This was indeed a fast trip. The adults learned that children under two are not as tuned into opening gifts as they will be next year. Also the best gift seems to be the one someone else is holding, especially if that someone else is another little girl.

Paula