we went 12 hours worth of backwards.

Hello, Virginia!

The title may seem irrelevant, but the reason we said that was because homesickness was hitting fever pitch after Illinois, and then we realized that Virginia is the opposite direction of home (which is Seattle for us) from there! It's all good though, we buckled down and trekked out there, and were DOUBLY blessed by all the fantastic people we got to hang out with. KingsFest was one of the best times we've had as a team, and that's all thanks to you out there who took the time to chat with us, get to know us, and even ditch your youth group meetings to come and hang out with us instead (you know who you are...)! Anyhow, without further ado, here is our picture story:

Carl was very intent on spelling out JesusBranded with our 1" promo buttons. Natural typographer, this guy.

Unfortunately during our stay in Virginia, we all got sick, since we're newbies at the road life. Here's Carl showing how all three of us must have felt at the time.

So, we pretty much spent a lot of our money at the local Krogers buying kleenex, dayquils, nyquils, juice, fruit, and of course, good ol' ramen. We had a craving one night at 11 pm after we worked the whole day, so we went ahead and bought a potpourri of ramen to binge on.

And this is how happy that made me.

This is what three combined packs of Korean ramen looks like. Mmm, good until the first five bites...

Anyhow, enough of the ramen and onto the collage of cool people we met:

Oh, right. Here's Mister David Crowder and his gang visiting us and hanging out at our booth. Such nice and awesome guys, these fellas. And quite the talented musicians too...

Anyone else notice why he likes 1982 alot? (look at his shirt, and look at his shirt again in the Ohio blog; and if you've ever seen his show, he likes to take everyone back to 1982, courtesy of Bon Jovi.) Mister Crowder, if you're reading this, will you shed some light on the significance of 1982?

Here is the rest of the band, taking photos with some of our friends that we've just recently met that day.

And here's Carl surveying the booth as we get ready to pack it all up and move on...

But not until we say goodbye to our friends...

...and have an ice cream sandwich eating contest...

...and pose for one last photograph...

...before we pass out in fetal position on the concrete.

Good times, Virginia, great times. We hope to see you again next year, but until then, keep in touch! We love you all, thank you for making our stay in Richmond memorable and warm, we can't wait to hang out with you guys again!

Next year, any volunteers to go on any rides with us? We only got to ride the volcano one, and I am told there's FAR MORE to the King's Dominion than just that!! What a bummer!!

Love you guys,

Sam