Greg here...
It's almost midnight on Monday, and we returned home from a very long and fun day in DC just over an hour ago. Laurie and some of the kids will be posting fuller reports in the near future about our adventures over the last few days, but here's a brief recap.
Friday, July 4 - slept in and did things around the house in the morning, took the Metro into DC around 2 pm, visited the Air and Space Smithsonian Museum, rubbed shoulders with the 10's of thousands of other sweaty, sticky people who were there for July 4 festivities, hung out on the National Mall waiting for fireworks, met some new friends from Ohio, got rained on, dried off, got rained on again, watched fireworks (WOW - never seen anything like it before!), got home about 11:30pm. Exhausted, but WOW!!
Saturday, July 5 - slept in and had a leisurely morning, Metro'd to DC in the afternoon, explored more of the Smithsonian Museums, back home to the house around 7pm.
Sunday, July 6 - Attended worship services at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in downtown DC (AWESOME!!), enjoyed leisurely lunch and fellowship with David, Grace, and Rachel Verhey, along with Grace's brother Abe (a refreshing joy to have fellowship with them all!), drove around DC on our own for just a bit, then drove to Independent Bible Church in Martinsburg, WV (about 1 1/2 hours from DC), for the sending-off service for Brent and Tracy Alderman (Brent had been the Worship Pastor at IBC for 11 years, and is the new State Director for Capitol Ministries, Maryland), enjoyed fellowship with many afterwards, drove home, got in bed shortly after midnight.
Monday, July 7 - up and out early, Metro'd to DC for a 9am VIP tour of all of the key monuments and memorials around DC (courtesy of the National Park Service and our friend David.) Amazing! The intimate and informative tour ended about 5pm. Relaxed for a bit at Union Station, then met up with Jedd and Rachel Medefind and their two little girls, who hosted us for a fun and special picnic dinner on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, along with a great concert from a Country Western/Bluegrass U.S. Navy Band.
As you see, the last few days have been very full and memorable, hence the absence of any posts/pictures from us for awhile. But Lord willing, Laurie and the kids will write some more detailed reports of all these things in the near future, and we'll get some more pictures up. Coming Tuesday: our final day in DC before heading west for home! Right now for me, I'm off to bed!!
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Thanks for the post...just wanted you to know that we are still reading and enjoying!
I like the part where you said "heading west for home!" We sure miss you all.
Thanks for your notes, Wolfs and Lowery's! We miss you all too, and are looking forward to being home. We left DC about 4am this morning (Wed., 7/9), and are spending the night at the Legacy Center at Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY. Blessings and Grace to you all!
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