July 30

Shortly after lunch we watched the Parade of Tractors – which lasted about half an hour.

Those with whistles blew them in front of the announcer’s stand.

I think my heart skipped a beat when I heard the name of this tractor – Hart Parr.

This brought back a memory of my Grandpa Hershey, who said in his book, “I began farming in 1920 with six horsepower – four mules and two horses. In 1929 I bought one of the first tractors in our community, a two-cylinder which ran on fuel oil. (It was a Hart Parr.)

This was my Grandpa’s Hart Parr.

I think this is the first time I ever saw a Hart Parr in person.

Back to the Parade of Tractors

These three were having fun – waving and pretending to be celebrities.

Oops! The little one ran out of gas, so the others had to go around it.

Putting gas into his small tractor

On the go again

The last one.

It lasted just over half an hour.

Jake and Jane had stayed with the chapel while we watched the show and visited several people. Now it was our turn to talk to visitors. This daddy and his three boys came on the chapel close to the end of our time at the show. I noticed that the one boy was crying (the one farthest away in this picture) and thought he just wasn’t happy to come to the chapel, but soon noticed that his toe was bleeding. I think he scrapped it as he approached the chapel.

I was happy to make everything okay – with a bandage and gummy fruits for all three boys. There was even a bandage to spare – in case he needed a new one. I was happy that I had organic Fruity Snacks, because when I asked the dad if they could have gummies, he said, “If they are organic.”

So you see, we don’t only minister to truckers, sometimes its the little people we encourage. 🙂

We began closing the chapel and removing the steps about 2:30 pm.

Jane doing her part in picking up the blocks that balanced the steps.

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It was an incredible weekend. We met only one person who knew about Transport For Christ, so there was a lot of interest in what this mobile chapel was all about. It was a thrill to talk about the Lord in most of our conversations and tell them what we do as a ministry to truck drivers.

Thank you to the leadership of the Steam Show for giving us this opportunity.