Washington D.C. Trip

Black friday was not typical for the Stevens Family - instead of waking at the crack of dawn to shop and find the best deals - we woke at the crack of dawn to head to our nations capitol.  This was not a sight seeing trip (although we did see some sites :).  This trip was an assignment for us to learn to interact cross culturaly.  We had several things to do - interact with internationals, have a spiritual conversation with internationals, ride the metro and a few other things.

We teamed up with another family heading to our part of the world and from Union Station with 4 kids (Kyleigh and Mac were the oldest), we headed out to D.C.  First we rode the Metro to Dupont Circle to eat at an ethnic restraunt.  After exiting the subway we met a man name Kenneth.  He had just lost his job and was having car trouble.  We could not fix his car but we did pray for him and got him contact info with a local church that could help him out.  We then set out to find our restraunt.  After trying 7 ethnic restraunts (all closed the day after Thanksgiving) we setteled on a pizzaria (Pizza is Italian - so it was ethnic right?)  We enjoyed lunch then headed to Krispy Kreme for hot dessert.

We then headed to the Mall - saw the monuments, peaked into the Smithsonian so the girls could see the 1st Ladies dresses and the ruby slippers.  We were able to meet some Asian students and our teamates were able to engage the in a spiritual conversation.

I had a great time with Kyleigh - she was really interested in learning and seeing important things in
D. C.  Most importantly she was very sensitive to Spirit filled things and allowing us to talk with folks about these things.   

We learned a ton on our trip.  Our biggest lesson was with 4 kids in tow you don't get a ton done in a day in an urban setting.  The Metro was good and I enjoyed my family in our team.  I hope on our first STAS when the girls are older we will be able to spend some time in D.C. learning about our nations history