We had a great time at the Grand Canyon! The weather was mild, by Arizona standards, and the trip down was uneventful. We even saw an elk as we were riding to Grand Canyon village. The service on the rim of the canyon is always beautiful. I talked to two different couples who saw some of our kids at dinner and came to the service. It’s cool that our group are evangelizing in that way. We’ve gotten a lot of compliments on our kids and only a couple of complaints, so it’s a net win.
We stayed in Williams, AZ on Wednesday night. On Thursday we rode down to Albuquerque to sing at Asbury UMC. We were actually in this church once before, but not last time we came out here. I’m pretty sure it’s been about 3 Grand Canyon tours ago that we visited. They have a new music minister who is young and energetic and wants to start his own youth choir. He and Kim spent a lot of time talking about youth choir stuff, so I’m sure we’ll be in touch with him again. It will be fun to see where his group is in a few years.
The talent show last night was epic, and no, I will not tell you about any of it. It was a great stress-reliever, and lest you think that we are totally out of control, Derek was there and it was all family friendly. Mostly. Kind of.
Today we’re headed to Oklahoma City, to sing at the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial.