Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
Sunday, June 28 By Sunday morning, the sun was shining, but leftover rain drops from the day before were on each truck that was still on the grounds. The Browns were back for another delightful, inspiring Gospel concert. I love the Sunday morning worship session. It is always more relaxed than the day before. I always […]
Saturday Afternoon, June 27 This post should have been ahead of last night’s entry, but I guess it won’t matter if the last two entries are not in chronological order. 🙂 Jesse Rothacker with Forgotten Friends is a Truck Rally favorite – of the children and adults. Since Jere helped Jesse find his spot in […]
Saturday, June 27 Our evening program began with a half-hour concert by The Browns, Le Mars, Iowa. They are without a doubt one of my favorite gospel music groups, and I love when they add an Irish lilt to their songs. We had a great crowd for a cool, rainy evening. Two brothers, a sister, […]
Saturday, June 27 We were supposed to have a regular climbing wall, but it was not workable when we had to move inside – so this was a nice replacement. Jared going up the wall. This is what it looks like on the other end – the person who is holding the rope for the one climbing […]
Saturday, June 27 Auctioneer/trucker Dave White selling a gift basket while main auctioneer, Joel Heisey, points out a bidder. One good thing about a rainy day, the auction crowd was larger than usual, and the profit was up $2,000.00 from the previous year. Gift baskets and food sold very well. The children – and their […]
Saturday, June 27 Because of the rain, we were pleased that 87 drivers brought their rigs – even though that was a very low number of trucks for our truck rally. As we went throughout the day and many things – except the weather – fell into place, we became assured that God was indeed […]
Friday Evening, June 26 & Saturday Morning, June 27 Those who were looking for Truck Rally pictures probably thought I would never get to these. I usually post pictures in order by the date I took them, and rarely post pictures just a day or so after they happen. If I do, it is on Facebook. […]
January 17 & 18 Judi and her children enjoying window sunshine. They just got word today – Friday, January 23 – that the paperwork has been completed for them to leave Pennsylvania and head home with their little guy – who is in the process of being adopted. I am going to miss all four of them, […]
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.
Thursday, June 19 It’s usually not difficult to plan a toy shopping day at Wal-Mart with our youngest grandchildren. However, I now have to plan around Diana and Jana’s working schedules. A TFC sponsor who gives $300.00 so we can buy some new toys for the Children’s Benefit Auction. We also get many other donated toy and children’s […]
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 […]
This will be a mixture of things and activities on Saturday and Sunday. A few old trucks. Ice cream was popular because it was a warm day. A cup cake vendor. Benefit auction. Our daughter-in-law Chris is the clerk and the auctioneers are Dave White and Joel Heisey. The runners: Our grandchildren Jared, Ian, and Gloria Our […]
For something a bit different, I am using mostly closeups tonight as trucks completed the last leg of the eight-mile trip. Tomorrow night – Truck Rally Activities To see the entire album from this series go to https://www.facebook.com/#!/doris.j.high
It took forty minutes for the fairgrounds to be emptied of trucks. This was my first post along the parade route. A group of people watching trucks. One hour after leaving, the chapel was leading the convoy back to the fairgrounds. If you like to see trucks, go to my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/#!/doris.j.high?hc_location=stream where I posted every […]
Saturday, June 22 – 11:00 a.m. After choosing a shady spot along the parade route, I caught a glimpse of the fairgrounds in the distance. As you can see – behind the children’s activities – the area is still full of trucks. The empty area inside the protective fence is for the mechanical bull which arrived […]
Pennsylvania Truck Rally Part 1 Vendors began arriving at 7 p.m. on Friday night to be prepared for Saturday morning. We were blessed with a donation of beautiful flowers from Esbenshade’s Greenhouses. All sales at the Rally benefit TFC. The chapel at sunset on Friday night as I was leaving. Saturday morning began with a 6 a.m. […]