Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
After breakfast the men began preparing the chapel for removal from the truck stop. Dwayne removed the lettering. Cerwin, Sam and Dan removed the lattice work, lights, and steps. When coming out of the truck stop I noticed that the men were praying. I got there just as they finished and said, “Keep praying.” 🙂 It was […]
Thursday, April 20 It was a cloudy, rainy morning when Cerwin, Sam Rittenhouse, Dan Witwer, and I began our six hour drive to Pembroke, New York. At times it was a bit foggy. Other times it was just cloudy. When I turned around to talk to Dan and Sam, I saw the headlights of a […]
Tuesday Evening, April 8 – Union Fire & Hose Company, Dover, PA We showed a slide program of truck rallies and ministry announcements as people gathered and ate their meal. Bill Menges, York-Adams Contact Person, welcomed everyone. He wanted to get several young people involved in the program, and asked this young girl to open with […]
Saturday morning, April 1 The first two pictures are borrowed from Inge’s blog. Dan Witwer, Vice President of Staff Development, organized some friends and TFC staff to do spring cleanup on the grounds. If you would like to see the other people and pictures, go to Inge’s blog: https://iekohen.blogspot.com/2017/04/office-grounds-clean-up.html Before everyone went home, they stopped in […]
Saturday Evening, March 25 Gene Gehman (left) – MC for the evening. Chaplain Joe Matthews (right) – praying for the meal and evening program. Yoder’s does a fabulous job of cooking and serving the meal. I haven’t received the exact count, but we were prepared for 625 people. There were probably a few less than that because I noticed a few […]
Saturday morning, February 18. We left the house about 6:45 and drove toward a beautiful sunrise. There was beauty everywhere as we drove from Brickerville to New Holland on RT 322. Then as we turned off of 322 we were greeted by this beautiful row of trees and bushes. I love seeing bare trees on […]
Sunday, January 8 The Pennsylvania Truck Rally Committee met on Sunday afternoon to fine-tune details for this year’s rally on Saturday, June 24. There were lots of good ideas for continuing to make it a special day to honor the drivers and their family. Our son Jere and his wife, Kristen, oversee this meeting and […]
This one will be a new International Chapel to take to truck shows and churches for promotional work. Cerwin hopes to debut it at York Make-a-Wish – the first Sunday of May. The early pictures are from November and December. Most photos by Cerwin – using his cell phone. Glenn grinding the surface where the […]
Saturday, December 17 We enjoyed being able to attend the Bucks-Montgomery Christmas Buffet. Because of the ice and snow, we were glad that we had spent the evening with Sam Rittenhouse. He had some pictures he wanted me to project on the wall – from a recent trip he and Bunny O’Hare made to Minnesota. Loren Parmer […]
Saturday, October 8 We (Cerwin, Inge, and me) arrived at Menges Diner about 5:45 am – to get ahead of the breakfast crowd. Inge had been in a truck a time or two for a truck parade, but had never been on a regular ride over the road. We were pleased to help her check […]
Tuesday Evening, September 27 This week is Chaplain Training School for TFC. Tuesday evening was the International Staff dinner with the trainees. Four people in training. The two on the left are also here for training. Cerwin’s and my contribution to the meal was Cheeseburger Soup from Hilltop Acres. I also took a dish of […]
Tuesday, September 20 Since I didn’t have time to post the scenes of yesterday, I will show them to you first – then some of the travel highlights from today. Yesterday – a beautiful morning in Alabama Somewhere between the Tennessee border and Chattanooga (above), the time changed from Central to Eastern Standard – without notice or fanfare. Weigh […]
Since it is my bedtime, I will make this a short post so those who are following us know we had a safe trip today – Tuesday, September 20. 🙂 I will post the rest of the pictures tomorrow. We spent the evening with Chaplain David Nispel – first enjoying supper in the travel plaza restaurant. […]
Monday, September 19 When I typed the date this evening, I remembered that this was my Grandma Hershey’s birthday. I checked. She would have been 119 today. We were on the road this morning by 6 am. It was about 7 am before I could take good pictures. It was a beautiful, hazy, hot morning […]
Sunday, September 18 8:00 am. The first Sunday worship service in the New Caney chapel. Chaplain Don DeSimone welcomed us to the “Chapel at 242” and mentioned that he felt unified in the Spirit with the TFC staff who came to help them dedicate this chapel to the Lord. I am sure that we will be forever friends […]
Saturday, September 17, 2016 The chapel in its morning beauty when we arrived about 9:30 am. We are at the same motel (LaQuinta) as Doug and Ellen Kraus, so they are driving us to and from our activities. That way we can let the truck at the truck stop. They drove here from Florida. We […]
Friday, September 16, 2016 Cerwin and Dwayne went to the chapel early and helped the local men set up the chapel. By the time Doug, Ellen, and I got there this is what it looked like. A pastor friend of the New Caney ministry team, David Lino (dark blue shirt) stopped in to see the chapel. I […]
Thursday, September 15 This is what the inside of the chapel looked like when we arrived on Thursday morning. Dwayne and Cerwin hooked up the lights and fixtures. Chaplain Don talking to his wife and telling her what Doris was doing, so I took a picture of him. 🙂 Cerwin installing LED tube lights. That […]
Tuesday, September 13 I took a few pictures after I posted on Tuesday evening and will start with those. After supper we exercised our legs and walked around the truck lot at Flying J in Texarkana. By this time it was a busy place – with trucks continually arriving for the evening. We were glad we […]
Tuesday, September 13 – Knoxville, Tennessee, to Texarkana, Arkansas Our view out the front window when we went to bed last night – the fuel island. My office in the bottom bunk. My power source for the computer, Nook, and cell phone. Cerwin reading his Daily Bread this morning. Nashville traffic Nashville We are taking […]
Monday Morning, September 12 The chapel area includes boxes of chairs and other items for inside the chapel. The office/living quarters also has items – like outside awnings – that will be installed when we get to Houston. Another view of the living quarters. Please pray for us today as we travel to Knoxville, Tennessee. Our […]
Friday, August 26 Glenn shaping the Formica countertop for the chapel area – right inside the main entrance. Our grandson Josiah stopped in to help. Cerwin gave him the job of filling in the nail holes with putty. Cerwin said he puttied a bunch of them. Thanks, Josiah. Cerwin installing chair railing. ~~~ Saturday, August 27 Cerwin and […]
July 26 – Ready to take to Merv Weaver’s for sand and glass blasting then to Trans Equipment for painting. July 28 – While the chapel was away, Cerwin and Glenn worked on some other things – such as indirect lighting boxes. Stained to match the interior of the chapel. August 17 – Back from the […]
Sunday, August 14 It was Big Rig Day for the children at Manheim Brethren in Christ Church The trucks also got the attention of the adults as they arrived for church. The first group of children went to visit the trucks and drivers. The next group came to visit the chapel and learn about TFC’s […]
Sunday, July 17 It was a beautiful Sunday morning and a scenic drive from Marietta to Belleville. We arrived in the Big Valley area about 8 AM. I had heard about yellow Amish buggies, but had never seen one. There were also Amish in black buggies going to church. I understand the yellow buggy Amish are […]
Saturday evening, July 16 This evening was planned as a community outreach. This was an easy trip, as the church is only about five miles from TFC’s International Office. This guy was having fun with a traffic cone. It really did work as a megaphone. 🙂 I think this picture will work well for a morning […]
Saturday, July 9 – At Mt Hope Auction If you want to see a lot more pictures of the day, go to my Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/doris.j.high/media_set?set=a.10153729820962322.1073741854.612697321&type=3&pnref=story where they are posted. The day began with a pancake and sausage breakfast. Pancakes made by Chaplain Jason The sausage Served by Chaplain Jason’s wife, Shannon. Enjoying the […]
I am posting a few pictures here of the Parade of Lights on Friday evening July 8. If you want to see the other – more than 380 – go to my Facebook album https://www.facebook.com/doris.j.high/media_set?set=a.10153725095042322.1073741853.612697321&type=3 The trucks met at Kidron Auction. An early arrival. Drivers made sure their rig looked good for the parade. There […]
Friday, July 8 This was a view from our motel. This is when I learned that it had rained during the night. Pretty flowers surrounding our motel. Following breakfast in the hotel, we went for a country drive – without having a clue where we were going. We turned left when we felt like it, […]
We were in Ohio for the Parade of Lights – the first portion of the TFC Ohio Truck Rally. It was beautiful to see 250-plus big rigs at night. There will me more pictures after I have time to go through them.