Start of part two of the USA trip: Meeting Meisha at Bethany House of Prayer in Minneapolis. Benjamin went with me the first three days
Meisha and Benjamin
Wisconsin.
Sears Tower in Chicago.
Sjoelen, a traditional Dutch game that we played often at home growing up!
Klompen (wooden shoes)
Dutch Village. Felt like stepping into the Netherlands
how they used to make klompen by hand
Left: more comfortable klompen for vacation, but less durable b/c of leather. Middle: klompen for fisherman with a pointed end to hold the nets. Right: farmers klompen with a rounded tip, so a cows hoof would slip off when it would step on it.
Fun! (wonder if anyone ever used this!)
Dutch tea!
Clock tower
Arrival at the Coblentz's house in Ovid, Michigan
The former vegetable garden for the whole family
Mom, dad and the youngest three. Such an amazing, loving family! Felt really at home!
Mosque at Ohio border
Amish country
Former family farm
Arrival at the Troyer's place in Butler, Ohio! Benjamin's family.
Nathanael and Mary, about to get married
Family blessings for my family
Morning sun
On my way without Benjamin for the rest of the trip
At Niagara Falls
American Falls
Bridal Veil Falls
So much mist from the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls!
Horseshoe Falls
Three Sister Islands
Maid of the mist tour
Four Mile Creek Campground, overlooking lake Ontario
Four Mile Creek
Toronto at the other side of the lake, with what used to be the tallest tower in the world
Hiking the Appalachian Trail for 5 miles to test my backpack
Viewpoint
Longest covered wooden bridge in Vermont
Arrival in Rhode Island, where I stayed with Luke for two nights.
With Luke to Boston and Cambridge, Harvard University
Truth!
Chapel
Library
In Boston, walking the Freedom Trail
Plymouth
Memorial build around the Plymouth Rock, landing place of the pilgrims
The Mayflower II. Made in Plymouth, England, then sailed to Plymouth, USA.
Burial Hill Graveyard, with many of the original Pilgrim Fathers buried here.
Such a peaceful place
And the memorial for Adoniram Judson and his family, who died at sea coming back from Myanmar.
Luke's family's place in Providence
Morning goodbye
Yale University in New Haven, on the way to New York.
A door opened, so I could enter!
Train from New Jersey to Manhattan
First sights of New York from Penn Station. It's like walking in a man-made canyon
Empire State Building
Broadway
In the midst of so much money...
Times Square
Entrance to Central Park
Central Park
Metro to the south tip of Manhattan
There she is
WW II memorial
Wall Street
Trinity Church at the end
New York Stock Exchange
Ascension Day: music in the church
Ground Zero
Proposed plans
Past Rutgers University, whose motto is inspired by the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands
Princeton University. An amazing campus and surrounding buildings and houses. Loved it
Chapel. Once the biggest structure in the New World.
Prayer time inside the chapel while someone was playing on of the pipe organs
Lancaster Park in Pennsylvania
My prayer spot at the river
Amish county
Breakfast with Derrick from Fire in the Night (right) and his inlaws at Shady Maple Smorgasbord. All you can eat...
Scooters, since bikes are not allowed.
High school athletics for the region
Meeting Phurba and his family from Bhutan, who was living in a Nepales refugee camp. I met him there and now he got displaced to Lancaster!
Derrick's birthday party
On the road again, to Washington DC
Underground station in Washington DC
Tourists on Segways at the White House
White House back side
Supreme Court
Library of Congress
Once the biggest office building in the world, initiated by president Hoover
White House front
Vietnam monument
Lincoln Memorial at the end of the Mall
Korean War memorial
Smithsonian information desk...
Aviation museum
First Wright flyer!
First plane to cross the Atlantic ocean
Capitol Building, the other end of the Mall
Faithful cop on duty!
Capitol hill, nice streets
Justice House of Prayer!
Every piece of tape with 'life' on it was used by people praying in front of the Supreme Court for the ending of abortion. They are currently working on their fourth ball of tape after years of prayer
Union Station hall
The Pentagon in Virginia
Fredricksburg Prayer Furnace conference
Richmond House of Prayer. Had such a good time that I forgot to take pictures!
Found a place to stay in Livingstone House of Prayer, Newport News. A modern day monastery. Such a great place and very hospitable
Prayer garden
Prayer chapel
Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world
Outside
At Virginia Beach, first landing site
Interesting that without the help of the French the United States might not have existed. Not only in this battle, but also near Niagara Falls and other places. In the final battle there weren't even 'Americans' involved, it was between French and British.
Lighthouses near first landing
A day of rain, on the way to North Carolina. Many accidents
Green North Carolina hills and mountains
Arrival at the Byers' house on a ridge in North Carolina
Bee! Or Joyceanna, as her real name is
Good times
And great views from the house
The shop where Etta worked
Hippie town with hippie shop
Re-enacting the first kiss :)
Picknick at Blue Ridge Parkway
nice view from our spot
Dupont
My foot
My face
Great Pizza with the family! Erica, Will, Etta
At the View
Micaiah!
Father and son
God really highlighted this valley, covering it with golden light. Doesn't happen often
Such an amazing time, a great moment to bring closure to four years in the USA, which I started with these same people + Trisha
Fly!
Sliding rock, used as a slide in the Summer
The goal of a two day hike: Cold Mountain
The first steps on the trail
Into the wilderness.
Look for the trail
The ridge that I just hiked over, viewed from Cold Mountain
Creek next to my campsite
My house with bedroom, living room and kitchen
The trail was hard to find after the Winter storms, especially in the rain
Back at the Byers. Micaiah showing off his uncle's new shoes
Bee
Last night together. Nikolay from Russia and Stuart Byers playing special songs during dinner
Dancing with Bee
The log cabin I slept in
Visit to Erica in South Carolina
looking over Table Mountain
Short visit
It got really quiet after Sunday service
Savannah. Really nice old town with tons of little squares filled with old trees and surrounded by pretty houses
the famous fountain
Beach at St. Augustine, Florida
Old city gates
The fort, the only thing that survived a bunch of British attacks on this Spanish colony, the oldest town in the USA
All the stones are made up of tons of little and bigger shells that got pressed together through the years.
the cathedral
Presbyterian church
Oldest plaza in the US
Oldest continual inhabited house in the US
Synagogue
It's huge! The pins reach over 6 ft high!
Visiting Nathan in Graceville. Nice hike and lots of fun, forgot to take pics :)
Whitest beach in the world... Really nice sand and perfect swimming day. Hope it doesn't get ruined the coming weeks by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The family farm of Will's family
Loooooonghorns
That's a lot of muscle
Visiting Birmingham, Alabama
John Day!
Last day, came past Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis Presley was born and lived till 13 yrs old. Actually a much nicer place than I expected. Little two room house
Really felt the Holy Spirit in this memorial chapel! Surprised me. Guess it's a good idea to have Elvis sing praises to the Lord 24/7 here through his recordings.
The old little pentecostal church where he used to go, sang in the choir (no one was impressed) and was taught his first three guitar chords by the pastor.
Memphis, Elvis craziness around his house, Graceland.
A glimpse of Graceland with tons of names and messages on the surrounding wall.
Last Amish of this trip, fun to see them in South Missouri!
What I've been looking at for a few hundred hours
So cool, Abba once again gave a beautiful light show, leading me to Kansas City, just like He did with the rainbow at the end of the West Coast trip. His promises never fail and He keeps going ahead!
