Tuesday in Vacaville

Tanya and I had by now both driven a little - right hand side, right hand side - you need to keep mumbling it to yourself - especially when turning left!

We went to try some clothes shopping, but didn't find anything we liked. When we got home, Dano called and invited me to come round to their church, The Mission. Tanya wasn't feeling to well, so I left the girls at home and headed to The Mission.

I took a few pics of the outside of the church when I arrived - it is a massive building (seats 2500 people in the main auditorium). It also has a gymnasium and an admin building with 40 classes. There is a parking lot that can fit 1200 cars and another 6 acres of undeveloped land. Oh, the space...

I then went in and was shown into the staff meeting. There were about 20 people in a comfortable room, just talking and sharing about the miracles that they have seen recently. I got to share a bit about our church and where we are and everyone was amazed at how the Lord is doing the same thing all over the world. The senior leader Dave's car is the yellow porsche in the pic above (he owns lots of property!)

Dan then showed me around the church (I nearly fell over from the Presence of the Lord as I walked through a giant arch, or portal, that they have put next to the stage - you can see them in the pic). We then headed to Tahoe Joes (reminded me of the Spur) for a steak.

Dano then offered to lend us a vehicle for the duration of our trip (friends of his who are in Fiji for the summer) - it doesn't have aircon, but we're African! we can handle a little heat... we were obviously blown away, since this saves us a huge amount of money.

At about 5 we left for Redding and after a beautiful drive, we arrived at the William's house.

This is Rob's house with the "Mighty Whitey" parked in the drive. Some people came to look at the house next door (it's for rent) and asked Pat if this is a nice neighborhood. Yes, she replies. How long has she been here? 2 days...

This is the car that we are borrowing - a Ford Explorer. The V8 engine is awesome - it has a sunroof, is automatic, has some Jesus Culture in the CD stack and cruise control. The drive was very cool!

This is outside the Williams' house.

The Williams' made sure that we have everything we need - they've let us use Hudson's (their son)cot and toys. They are also renovating at the moment, so there is only 1 bathroom that works and it only has a shower. They lent us a little inflatable bath for Nia - it's called a "Munchkin" which is very funny - because that's what I call Nia!

Here is a pic of the room we are staying in. We chatted late with Ken and Tiffany - they are really great! We then crashed and I got up early to do some blogging.

School starts today! And I have my sozo session tonight... what a day, what a day!

Oh one more thing - Dano has listened to the work that Rob and Zack have been doing on my album - he says it is sounding great (which is amazing coming from him). More on the album in 2 weekend's time (when I actually get to hear it and work on it).