Springfield Missouri

After spending time with my sister and her family we headed toward Springfield, Missouri where I was meeting Heather, her friend Lori, and Vicki her mother in law for a women's retreat at James River Assembly of God church.

Bob and I got into Springfield about a week before Heather and her group.  Bob had lost a crown and needed to get it re cemented.  We called a friend of ours, who now lives in Springfield, and who used to attend church where we did in Ventura.  She recommended Dr. Bates and he and his office were wonderful.  While we were in Springfield we stopped by Evangel University, where Heather went to college.  This is a new administration building.  When Heather went to school here their were old barracks located at this spot.

This is the chapel.  When I dropped Heather off her first semester. The university had an orientation for parents here.  Faculty circled the chapel.  Students were called up and each student was positioned facing a faculty.  Last the parents came up behind their son or daughters.  The student was then prayed for by both their parent and a member of the faculty.  I remember it to this day.  Very comforting for a parenting leaving their child hundreds of miles away.

This too is new to us.  It was built in 2006.  Sign said all roads pass through Springfield, MO.

Back of the new Administration Building.

Next we headed to Bass Pro.  Springfield has the largest and first Bass Pro.  It is something to see, although not my type of shopping.

Animals and forests are the theme.

I enjoyed the fireplace and comfortable chairs.  Kind of like the chairs for husbands in Nordstroms.

Bob enjoyed the design of the building, even down to the outside lights.