A short synopsis of a long day:
Awake at 5:30 to drink coffee, pray and finish sermon thoughts.
Unload dishwasher, make a waffle and fry bacon for Melissa.
8:00 am - Load luggage carrier on top of rental van, stuff in three suitcases, and strap it all down.
Shower.
9:30 - Sunday School
10:15 - I am impressed: Melissa arrives with Trudy, Sarah, Rebecca (Sarah's friend who is spending the week with us in Myrtle Beach), Sarah's boyfriend, Logan, and Sugar.
10:30 - Worship. The dog causes quite a stir. She CANNOT relax - too much to see, too many new people.
11:00 - My sermon is on the Old Testament Law, from Deuteronomy 4:1-13.
12:00 - Logan drives my van back to Columbus. The rest of us hit the road. On our way out of Westport, we stop for some tacos at Paco's. The workers go out of their way to be fast and super helpful!
1:00ish - Finally on the road. Myrtle Beach is about 11.5 hours and we hope to complete most of it today and finish tomorrow.
5:30ish - I am driving and the low fuel warning goes off. We have just passed Charlotte, West Virginia. No exits in sight. There is great fear of running out of gas in the mountains. But God is with us and we make it to a hillbilly gas station. I'm wondering how much of what I am pumping is gas and how much is "corn squeezins".
Dinner at Cracker Barrel and by 10:00ish we have decided to call it quits in Mt. Ary, North Carolina.
Only 4 hours to go tomorrow!
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