Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
Saturday evening’s activities began with a barbecue supper – choice of chicken or boneless pork rib. We served about 850 people. The evening program began at 6:30 with the Bontrager Family Singers from Iowa. In this photo they are introducing the twelve family members. During a break in the music, valuable door prizes were given to […]
When the parade was over, I walked around the grounds and through the buildings looking for photo opportunities. This is what I saw… Truckers visiting among the trucks Benefit auction in North Hall Exhibitors in West Hall That’s where I found Lynn and her husband, Jon. Lynn is from the International Office and was helping with […]
I took this picture of Cerwin coming toward the Expo about 54 minutes after I took the first one – of him leaving the driveway – and he still had a few minutes of driving before entering the same driveway he left about an hour earlier. I chose just a few pictures (from the 276 I […]
Cerwin left the fairgrounds promptly at 11:00 AM. I never tire of standing on the bridge, watching the parade, and attempting to get a photo of each truck. Jared waving to me. This year it was Jared and Jesse’s turn to go along on parade. I chose only a few of the almost 200 pictures I have of trucks […]
The day begins for us (the committee and several key Rally volunteers) at the 6:00 AM breakfast at Quentin Haus Family Restaurant. Jere lead the prayer – for breakfast and the day’s activities. We all get the same meal – so we can quickly eat and move on with the day’s activities. This year I ordered […]
The week before Truck Rally is extra busy for me as I receive many phone calls for meal tickets and prepare signs, reports, and other things for the committees’ needs for the big day. However, I took time to take a few photos. Sunday, June 22 there was a thank you note in our church mail […]
Now I’m tired and ready for bed. There were 191 trucks at today’s truck rally – and this was the sight I saw when I left the fairgrounds tonight. I’ll tell you about it next week.
Last Sunday afternoon the Truck Rally committee met at our place to fine-tune this year’s Rally on Saturday, June 28. Rally Celebration is the next day, Sunday June 29. Rally Coordinators – Kristen and Jere – led the meeting in discussing things that need to be worked on before the rally. Would it be possible to have […]