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We finally made it in to Park City last night, and are preparing for some awesome Independence Day celebrations. Pictures of this place to come...I'll wait till I have some good footage of the rodeo and parade first.
Anyways, here is a report of what happened on our way here yesterday. We stopped in a little town called `Dell`, and the pictures following here should explain it all.
The place we ate lunch at was an old schoolhouse, as you can see. The restaurant occupancy was higher than the town population...
At a gas stop in Idaho falls, I met a guy named James. At first he just asked for a light (and silly me didn`t even bring matches when we are supposed to be camping...), but then was wandering around the gas station looking for money. Been seeing a lot of people around here like that, now the unemployment is up to 9.5% in the US. After I went and got his name and introduced myself, I handed him some money, told him that it ought to get him a few good meals if he spends it right. He just stared at me in utter disbelief. People had been ignoring him for so long, I think it was a shock that I even asked his name.
What kind of a place do we live in where people, real human beings, get ignored like this? After a few seconds, the guy grabbed me and pulled me in hard and hugged me. Right there at the gas station. God bless you James, I hope you find work, but I hope you find peace also.
The rest of the trip compared to that was fairly uneventful, though we did fight a nasty headwind coming into Utah. Here we both are, in 6th gear with the throttle pinned wide open, and we still couldn't match the speed limit. Though, we were still passing everyone else, so I guess that means something.
More to come!
Wow....only a couple days in and you already have a ministry going! Win!
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