Parks and fun with ticks

The petrified forest was worth the 10$ and 3 hours it cost us. We mostly drove around and stayed in the car but, we got out twice to touch the wood and experience the petrification. Near there was an Indian shop. Everything was inexpensive and well made for the most part. One thing I wish I had known about is the blankets. $4.99 for each Indian made blanket. There are billboards for miles advertising these blankets all along the reservation. We can't buy anything besides gas, camping and cheap food at this point. So everytime we drove past one of the exits with blankets was a new opportunity to tell the Lord I trust him. We need blankets and know he will give them to us when we get there.

We figured out that State Parks while not right off the freeway are very cheap and you won't find a more roomy, private and beautiful spot spend the night and morning. We've been paying $8 per night. One drawback was on our 3rd night at a State Park in Bartlesville OK. What were these little spider looking things. They're kind of cute. Zuriel's got them in her hair and they won't come out. Naphtali's got them on the souls of his feet and they're stuck there. Yikes! We've got them down our pants. Ticks! Ticks! everywhere!!!!

After we got most of them out Leon took action and said that's it. Pack up, we're going to the Econolodge. We picked out more on the way there and still more after thoroughly checking each other at the hotel. One of us (I won't say who) had to have one extracted from the butt cheek and it was difficult to get out.

The Voice of the Martyr's conference was amazing! It' s hard to describe. It was like being in heaven sharing with every tongue, tribe and nation the wonders of God. Only we're not in heaven yet and our brothers and sisters are still suffering and we have been given wealth and position for the purpose of helping them. God forgive us if we keep for ourselves what was given us for dispersement to the needy.

I talked to a man in Bartlesville and noticed that a lot of strangers tend to talk to me about how everyone has done them wrong. They don't come to God because of this. I asked God to give me the response for these people since I meet so many.

Now we're at Craig (Alvin) and Shari Smith's enjoying there hospitality. They just moved here to Oklahoma city 3 weeks ago. We are getting very excited about living in a small town away from the city.

Tomorrow we leave for Leon's sister Teresa's house where we'll stay 2 nights and then we go to the Gospel for Asia conference. There are no kids allowed in that one so Leon and I are going to trade back and forth.

The kids are very excited about getting home and writing letters to prisoners who are in chains for the gospel. While at VOM they all prayed over bibles and sent them to China through the Bibles Unbound ministry of Voice Of The Martyr's. The kids want to do more of that for sure.

Closing for now...