Day 13** Boise Idaho

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Its starting to get to a point where the days are all blending into one... and i'm having to check the calendar to see what day it is so i can properly update you all!!! what a chore!! just kidding!!! The past few days have been SOOO much fun!!! Last friday we met up with the across Canada tour in Billings Montana. All of the girls got to spend the night together at one house... it was good to see everyone. We hopped in our vans the next day and made a trip out to Yellow Stone National Park. At first i thought it was going to be a small little park that we go to and have like a picnic or something... NUH UH!!! it was freaking huge!! That think could take up like 3 states!!!! it was super cool... even tho i slept through half of it... teehee. We traveled around and saw the different geysers and waterfalls. its the beginning of may and there was like a snow storm!!! a few days later we had to travel through the park to get to our next place and we almost didnt make it... cause there was an avalanche the night before!!! CRAZY i know!! The park was BEE-U-TEE-FULL!! we got to see HUGE bison, bears, deers, and all sorts of animals. Some of the geysers were absolutely gorgeous.... and i was so tempted to disobey the signs and just jump in. Im sure it woulda been pretty fatal... but i wanted to do it anyways!! :P After our long day of sightseeing we headed off to Cody Wyoming and said our final farewells to the other team. For some it was heartbreaking because it was the last time they would see some of those people for years... or maybe even never. It was a hard night... but it was also joyful. We got to send out the other team with prayer and blessing. I know that favortism is horrible... and im not saying that i agree with it... but i LOVE the church in Cody!!! They are just so welcoming, accepting, and engaging!! We just offered what we had.. and they accepted us with open and loving arms. They are just so sensitive to the Holy Spirit and flexible to God's agenda. It was deffs a good service... and not because of us... it was God and the people. They are just so genuine and passionate about God!!! its inspiring! The first night there we stayed in the nursery together... but the second night.... OMG!!!! I can't even START to explain to you how much of a blessing they were to us!!!!!! ok... are you ready for this??? They put us up in a vacation home for a night!!!! one of the couples in the church owns this AMAZING country vacation home that generally costs somewhere around $1000.00 a night!!! it has 5 full bathrooms, one powder room, sleeps 40 people, has a dog wash station, 2 sets of washers and driers, a HUMUNGOUS kitchen and eating area, and an entertainment room with a projector that fits the movie onto almost the WHOLE WALL!!! it was seriously intense!!!! The fact that they decided to bless 10 COLLEGE students with a place like that for a night... FOR FREE blows my mind!!!! I'm realizing more and more how generous the church REALLY IS! I mean... when your part of the church you dont even realize how much goes into hosting people... but when your the one being hosted you can believe how hospitable people really are... PRAISE GOD!!!

Today alone was an adventure in itself... i didn't want to own up to it at first.... cause i didn't want the team to hate me... what i am about to say is result of MANY years of research and testings to prove this theory true. What happened today was the result of having a Sullivan on the team!!! It is a fairly well know fact that the Sullivans don't go on vacations... we go on adventures!!! Each adventure either consists of either getting lost, getting stuck in a rainstorm, the car breaking down, or stopping at rest stops so we can all catch some sleep or make porriage on the sidewalk. WELL... today contained 2 of those curses.... the car broke down... and we drove through a rainy windy storm like thing. THE SULLIVAN CURSE WILL FOREVER FOLLOW ME!! (or at least until my last name is legally changed.... im working on it... just havent found a name i like yet :P) we were rolling on cruise control for a bit... then all of a sudden it stopped working. about 5 minutes later it kicked in again and started working by itself. They it all just stopped working all together!!! the car went into neutral mentality and gave us just enough power to pull off to the side of the highway. we were about an hour away from our destination for the day... and there we were.... stranded in the middle of nowhere Idaho... the state of famous potatoes. we got stuck around 1:30 in the afternoon... our tow truck didnt arrive till about pm!!!! poor Willie (the van) had to get towed all the way to Boise!! Now... because theres 10 of us... the guys had to bring the tow truck AND a van to transport us to the town. 9 people crammed into the van and 3 into the truck... it was a long and squishy hour. it was deffs a ride to remember tho!!! we played a few road trip games with our driver and made fun of him because we saw canadian geese and he didnt know what the were called! when we asked him what the people here called them this is what he said, " I call it a duck... a BIG duck!!! how am i supposed to know if it came from canada or here.... they're just ducks to me!!" hahahahah i laughed soooooo hard!!! i dont think he understood that its the name of the duck... not whether it grew up in canada or not :P

It was a fun and adventurous day!!! Now i am about to head off to bed and be thankful for the lovely older couple who is sooo willingly putting up with having 2 college girls in their home for 2 nights!!! Jodi and I are soooo thankful!!! they are a lovely couple and so genuinely sweet. The are retired ministers who just love the Lord and are willing to serve him. I pray that God blesses them abundantly for taking us in. He is soo good!!! and you know what??? His love endures forever!!! I love God... He's so good to me and loves me for being me :)
Peace out!!
**Lana Sullivan**