Saturday October 17, 2009

 

 

Chapel Dedication

Racine, Wisconsin

Friday, October 9

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Day One of Four

 

 

The guys decided that we would leave home at 6:30 in the morning, and stop for breakfast.

 

 

We saw some pretty Pennsylvania scenery.

 

 

Breakfast with Rachel and Glenn – our friends and traveling companions. 

Glenn spends a lot of time helping Cerwin with chapel construction, so this was a great time for them to see the “launching of a new truck stop chapel.”

 

 

Colored leaves can be seen through the rain drops on the window.

 

 

Soup at Panera Bread was a good choice for a cold, rainy day lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our only stop today – other than meals and fuel – was the chapel near Toledo, Ohio.

 

 

Glenn, Cerwin, Rachel, and Chaplain Wayne Dunlap.

 

 

 

 

Prayer with a driver

We weren’t there very long, before a driver (orange trimmed coat) stopped in to talk to Wayne.  Because I spend most of my days in the office, it was challenging to listen to the struggles of being on the road for four months at a time – a good reminder of why we have chapels and chaplains in truck stops.

 

 

 

 

We weren’t very hungry a the end of the day, needing only a light meal.  Cerwin, Glenn, and Rachel chose this Applebee’s salad.  Each one proclaimed it delicious.

 

 

I felt like something warm on this cold evening and ordered a baked potato.

 

 

We had reservations at this motel near Elkhart, Indiana. 

By morning, all four of us declared it a wonderful place to stay.  It was reasonably priced, fairly new – with a very comfortable bed and continental breakfast.  It is rare that I crawl into a motel bed and feel like “I’m home.”  It was comfortable and the sheets smelled heavenly.

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Tomorrow Night – Elkhart to Racine & the Chapel Dedication.

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