Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City is incredible. After spending hours wandering through the plains of Wyoming and winding through the rockies to peak my way through the crevases, I landed in a beautiful place known for its mormans and mountains. The moon rose high above the snow capped peaks tonight. It was a gentle reminder to a long day that God is present everywhere and good all the time.

Yesterday I had the pleasure to spend time in Denver. When I arrived I was surprised to be greeted by snow and sleet - but hey, it is the mile high city. Good news about the car, the Mazda people tell me it's just the tred on my new tires..?/?.. i pray they are right - still a bit more to go. I spent last night with new friends, we chatted over late bowls of ice cream - Asia, the dysfunction in public school systems, religion, family - it was wonderful to be with great people and in a warm home, not a lousy Days Inn in the middle of no-where Kansas. Tonight I will sleep on Red Lion Inn sheets - which don't smell like smoke and cheap aftershave, thank God.

I am nervous over many things that aren't important - Will my car make it through the mountain range tomorrow with all the weight? Did I loose my disposable camera at the lookout point in Wyoming? Will I run out of 'trip cash' before I reach Portland? Instead, I want to focus my mind on what matters, on being the woman God is creating me to be - to think of the future without worry or anxiety, to love though hard moments in grace and with compassion, to trust that the God that is leading me thousands of miles into the unknown will not leave me there, that the people I care about and miss will be with me in spirit, that all things are in the hands of God and all I need to do is be obedient.

Perhaps I just need to go to bed, wake up in the morning & shower, find a starbucks and hit the road headed with confidence for Oregon under the watchful eyes of God my Father. I am to arrive there tomorrow you know. Tomorrow I will be in my new home state. Tomorrow.