Lord teach us to pray...

Highlight of the day: Being inside the Supreme Courtroom during the Anna Nicole Smith Trial. We got to go in for 5 mins during the hearing. It was the real deal, the real Supreme Court, the real Supreme Court Justices, real lawyers getting grilled by the Justices, real Anna Nicole Smith, but I didn't see her. It was incredible to think we were actually there. It was pretty awesome.

Today I saw: The Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, WW2 Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, Korean War Memorial (the bus left me behind at that one), the White House, the Pentagon, the National Catherdral,the place MLK Jr stood when he gave his "I have a dream" speech, the Washington Monument and the reflection pool. All of this was at night, so it was pretty moving. There is so much history, so many stories and purpose here, its pretty incredible. The places where everything was built, where it faces, what shape it makes in the city etc, all was done intentionally when it was built. Pretty unreal.

Still to come: We will get to sit in when the House/Senate is in session and pray for them as they vote for certain matters. We will be meeting and hopefully praying for the 2 Senators of Oregon, Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden. I'm not sure exactly what else, but I'm certain it will be divine.

Everywhere we went we prayed for our nation and its people. We prayed for the President in front of the WH, we prayed for abortion to end at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, we intercessed for our parents generation at the Vietnam Memorial, we lifted up our generation as we drove through Georgetown, we prayed for the Supreme Court in the Courthouse. Its all kinda unreal. We also went on a prayer walk through one of the buildings where all the congressmen/women have their offices. The Pastor we are with knows SO many people and has some awesome stories of how God is touching our nation in D.C. I know on the west coast we don't pay attention much to politics or the government. I always have had a uninformed negative view of all our government and what was happening. There is so much going on I see why we should be informed and why we must pray. South Dakota made abortion illegal in their state expect if the mother's life is at risk. This is huge! This decision is going to be fought all the way to the Supreme Court. In our lifetime we will probably see the Supreme Court have to decide on the issue of abortion once again and give each State the right to decide. Pastor Ken said that abortion is a big issue here obviously and he thinks its possible that we will see the ruling of Roe vs. Wade overturned. This is all going on right now while we are on Earth as Christs ambassadors, just one reason friends why we must pray.