Oh, The Places You'll Go!

This week was spent on numerous adventures around the Cities. My first exploration was to the southeast side of St. Paul to see another one of my best friends, Danielle Cathey (DC). She's living in Cottage Grove with her family this summer working as a waitress, so it was great to spend the weekend with the Cathey's; it's always great to see where a best friend has grown up, seeing their town, and meeting their friends. With DC I even experienced my first Minnesota beach that was both near her house and the Mississippi River. While it was different (to say the least) compared to Michigan's beaches (their sand felt like I was going to cut my foot open on in with every step I took), the lakes are breathtakingly beautiful! I was also blessed with the opportunity to worship at her home church of Crossroads Church in Woodbury, MN. While my internship is with a Christian-based organization, it is still refreshing to always worship with a group of believers in a church setting.

The following day, my roommate, Laura, and another TreeHouse intern I work with, Katie, went and explored Minneapolis in the Mill City district. The area we went to was gorgeous, located right by the Mississippi River and St. Anthony Falls. We also got to see the amazing Guthrie Theater! (see picture below) We also walked across the stone bridge over the river to another one of Minnesota's beautiful parks. It was a great afternoon to hang out, roam around, and explore one of the cities more!

*The large bridge you see extending out from the theater is its endless bridge, which extends to look over the river and the falls; we were able to walk outside to the steps to really take in the view. The architecture of this building alone was incredible!

And this is only the beginning of my travel adventures! This Sunday, TreeHouse embarks on our week long mission trip to Iowa! I will explain more about that in blogs to come, but please be praying for God to prepare our hearts to the work He's already doing down there so that we may truly be servants to His glory.