This is our group under the Arch! What a beautiful sky!

Hi everyone, today we've made it safely to St. Louis! And we're so thankful because it was pouring rain in St. Louis in the morning, but when we arrived at noon the sun came out and it was 20 degrees!!! It was so nice to have warm weather, although the wind was still a little cold.

We enjoyed lots of fun activities today, sorry I don't have any pictures yet to add yet, we did take tons of pictures.
We went to the historic Gateway Arch, and all of us went up the Arch.
Then we enjoyed the St. Louis' finest pasta restaurant called Zia's. Everyone loved their meals and ate til they were nice and full.

After that we went to Forest Park, which is the largest city park in the US. We threw a football around, walked around for a bit, and just enjoyed the nice weather.
Our final activity was getting custard at St. Louis' famous "Ted Drewes". Most of us had some and everyone was amazed at how tasty it was.
I figured we'd do some of the fun things since the weather was so nice. You can't visit St. Louis without visiting these places.

Now we're at the church where we're sleeping, we had orientation with April (whose from Restore St. Louis) and we've been hanging out with the youth group from Mississippi. There's about 24 of them, and they like our accents! Good times.

Hi everyone, day 1 = 15 hours of fun on the road!!!
We played card games, Catch Phrase, sang songs, tried to sleep a bit, and...overall we had a whole lot of fun. We stayed overnight at a hotel in Cloverdale, Indiana, and the first thing we all did when at the hotel - jump in the pool (it was indoors). We were blessed with beautiful weather - sunny skies the entire way, and the roads/traffic was great as well.
Today (Saturday), we're leaving for St. Louis really soon and should be there in a few hours. We'll enjoy the afternoon seeing some sites. If the weather holds up, we'll visit the infamous St. Louis Arch.
Thanks for your prayers and support!
Joe

5 days away!

Hi, to everyone who reads this blog. This is officially my first ever blog and blog post - it feels so life-changing! Just kidding, not really, but my main purpose in this blog is for people who want to follow our youth group's mission trip to St. Louis, MO. It's only 5 days away!!! I'm really excited for it and hope and pray that all the final details come together.
I'm not the most computer savvy and I need to inquire about the wireless internet quality on our trip, but my hope is to blog every day on the trip, even if it's just something short and sweet. It'd be nice to put up and picture or two as well so that you can see the fun we're having when in St. Louis.
That's all for now.