{"id":8026,"date":"2010-01-28T19:35:22","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T19:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/?p=8026"},"modified":"2018-01-28T17:48:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T17:48:43","slug":"my-trip-to-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2010\/01\/my-trip-to-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"My Trip To The USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>This weekend I embark on a two-week trip on the other side of what we affectionately call \u201cThe Pond.\u201d    I would value your prayers and look forward to meeting some of you.  In some ways I wish I could stay longer and make it to more places, but this is the longest I would want to be away from my family.  I thank God for iChat which will help me stay in touch with them.<\/p>\n<p>I do plan to blog about some of my experiences.  Then, once I am home, <em>Raised With Christ <\/em>information will, as much as possible, be confined to the book\u2019s own website, though headlines will continue to appear in the sidebar.  I am eager to get back to \u201cnormal\u201d blogging, if there is such a thing!<\/p>\n<p>Here is my schedule:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, January 30<\/strong><br>\nTravel to Minneapolis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, January 31<\/strong><br>\nAttending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopeingod.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bethlehem Baptist Church<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, February 1 \u2013 Wednesday, February 3<\/strong><br>\nAttending the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/Events\/PastorsConferences\/Archives\/2010\/Schedule\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Desiring God Conference<\/a><br>\n<strong>1 PM CT (2 PM ET, 7 PM UK) on February 1 <\/strong>Live radio and Web interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewordfm.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Janet Mefferd<\/a><br>\n<strong><strong>8:45 PM on February 2<\/strong> <\/strong>Taking part in a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/Events\/PastorsConferences\/Archives\/2010\/Schedule\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Meet The Author<\/a>\u201d and book signing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Wednesday, February 3<\/strong><br>\n<\/strong>Traveling to St Joseph, Missouri<strong><br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Thursday, February 4<\/strong><br>\n<strong>4 PM \u2013 6 PM<\/strong> <\/strong>Book signing and \u201cMeet the Author\u201d at local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.borders.com\/online\/store\/StoreDetailView_658\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Borders Bookstore<\/a>.<strong><br>\n<strong>7 PM<\/strong> <\/strong>Speaking at joint meeting at Popplewell Room, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri Western State University<\/a> co-sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/frederickboulevard.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lhcsj.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Living Hope Church<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Friday, February 5<\/strong><br>\n<strong>7 PM <\/strong><\/strong>Speaking at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gracechurchls.org\/contact.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Grace Church, Lee\u2019s Summit, Missouri<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Saturday, February 6<\/strong><br>\n<\/strong>Traveling to St. Louis<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Sunday, February 7<\/strong><\/strong><br>\nAttending both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jubileestl.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jubilee Church, St. Louis<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/journeyon.net\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Journey<\/a><br>\nHoping to attend a Super Bowl party to enhance my American cultural knowledge!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, February 8<\/strong><br>\nInformal meeting with local church leaders and free time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, February 9<\/strong><br>\nTraveling to Chicago area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, February 10<\/strong><br>\nFree day, except:<br>\n<strong> 1 PM CT <\/strong>Recording Interview for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issuesineducation.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bob Boyd<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, February 11<\/strong><br>\nSpeaking at <em>Crossway Books<\/em> staff chapel service and having various meetings with people from my favorite publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Friday, February 12<\/strong><br>\n<strong>7 AM<\/strong> <\/strong>Live from the studio of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moodyministries.net\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Moody Morning Show<\/a><br>\nThen recording an interview for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moodyradio.org\/brd_ProgramToday.aspx?id=11694\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Moody Primetime<\/a>.<br>\nFlying home!<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8030\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/advertrwcstjoe-336x520.png\" alt=\"advertrwcstjoe\" width=\"336\" height=\"520\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend I embark on a two-week trip on the other side of what we affectionately call \u201cThe Pond.\u201d I would value your prayers and look forward to meeting some of you. 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