A few days ago we were drawn toward driving home through Kentucky & West Virginia to see different scenery. We’ve seen Illinois, Indiana & Ohio so many times. We love the horse pastures of Kentucky & the trees and mountains of WV, so even though it added a few hours to the drive, we decided it was worth it.

So with that in mind we headed across Missouri, with our sites on Course Coffee Roasters in St. Charles just outside of St Louis. CCR is owned by Brandon & Sarah who were part of the team I went to Kenya with a few years back. We’d be driving too close not to pop in & say HI! (And get some awesome coffee)

And then I got a text from Samaritan’s Purse & realized they are still in St Louis doing disaster relief from historic flooding back in July. (Think about having your house flooded & it still needing cleaned up over 6 weeks later!)

It became obvious that we were drawn towards Missouri, not for coffee, but for an afternoon of lending a hand to help someone in need.

Its funny, we came to help the flood victims, but even more so what we did was revitalize a group of volunteers who were praying for God to send help.

We joined a team who were already volunteering for a week or more…they had already mucked out a basement for another family in the morning.

We spent 4 hours carrying out wet & moldy furniture, clothing, and other belongings and filled a dumpster in no time. We tore down walls & ceilings & pulled up flooring.

“Many hands make light work”

While there was nothing “light” about this work, two extra sets of hands, for this overwhelming task “made a huge difference” & were much appreciated. The team was very grateful we showed up & we were honored to help & be a part of the work.

It was a great day!!

Tomorrow our intent is to go back to sleeping in and making a big breakfast & then drive on towards home. We’ll see what other surprise adventures await us! 😊