A few facts about Kansas City:
- It’s hot.
- SO many streets have the same name (like 7th St shows up all over the place).
- It’s muggy.
- There’s a Kansas side and a Missouri side…and they’re like two separate cities with the same name.
- It’s humid.
- Everything is about the Chiefs and the Royals. So we went to a Royal’s game, and watched them lose royally to the Tigers.
- Oh, and did I mention it’s sticky?
- It is home to the tallest water slide in the world.
But what stuck out to me the most is the awesome families and religious I met. Our host families were wonderful, and it’s always such a blessing to stay with devout Catholic families. There’s something intensely beautiful about parents who are unafraid of expressing how much they love their children.
It is also home to:
- some Little Sisters of the Poor (who just got named on NOW’s Dirty 100 list)
- The Little Brothers and Sisters of the Lamb, a mendicant order of the Dominican family who live in the poorest neighborhood in town, and beg door to door for their food (yeah, that’s hardcore!)
- And some Apostles of the Interior Life, a men’s religious order whose purpose is to provide spiritual direction to college students and train lay people in spiritual mentoring! They are so needed.
So that’s my impression of Kansas City. And I like it.
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