Monday and Tuesday Travels and Church

We intended to leave the Orange/Anaheim area as early as possible Monday morning but I knew that three factors would probably slow us down. Number one, the rush hour traffic is absolutely horrible. Number two there was heavy rain over the entire LA area. Number three, the RV Park we were in was super tight and I knew it was going to take some time to wiggle out. I neglected to snap a picture of the weather map but this is a picture of the traffic.

Red means that traffic is pretty much at a stand still and nearly all the interstates and freeways were completely red! We were at the blue dot and were were leaving the city on upper land hand side of the map! We waited two hours and both the weather and the traffic were much, much better.

We hit rain again as we reached the mountains and it was perilous driving for several miles. It was a beautiful drive though.

We parked at the church in Atwater when we arrived and then we headed over to Bro. Cliff and Sis. Cindy Burris' house for a fantastic meal and fellowship with the whole Burris family. We had a wonderful evening. Have I ever told you how much we love these folks?

Kelly Jo and Odie went to do laundry Tuesday morning and then we had another great meal Tuesday afternoon at Bro. Jared and Sis. Valerie's house. We spent a couple of hours catching up since we had seen them last in December.

Before we knew it the time had come to go back to the bus and prepare for service Tuesday night. The service was terrific and we enjoyed being with everyone so very much. We love Bro. Jared and his folks and love it when we can be in their church and drink in their fellowship. It was a great night.

Pastor Anthony Munoz called Tuesday and invited us to preach at Souls Harbor, so we will be with dear friends again tonight. That is something we are definitely looking forward too.

Thanks for reading.

Davy

Will Work For Food!

We spent Monday evening with all of our Burris friends in Atwater, California. We had a wonderful meal and great fellowship in Bro. Cliff and Sis. Cindy's home. I am sure we will have pictures later. Being with them reminded me of some pictures I had of Bro. Jared and his family in Ohio a couple of months ago.

While we were home the latter part of December, I had a barn project going. Bro. Jared Burris from Atwater, California, (We affectionately call him California) was visiting Sis. Valerie's parents and he volunteered to jump in and help me. Wow! What an amazing help he was to me!

Sis. Valerie's parents live right down the road from us, so we are very close by. But I am sure Bro. Jared could have thought of a million other things to do. I am so thankful he spent three whole days with me. His son J.C helped one day and my brother Steve and my Dad helped a big bunch as well. May God bless them all.

We had some nice lunches down the road at Acapulco.

For all the hard work, Bro. Jared deserved more than Mexican food. Although a compelling case could be made for supreme value of really good salsa!

Man can not live by Salsa alone even though I have given it a good try.

So we ventured down to Rodizio for a terrific lunch one day. We had an awesome meal and great fellowship with our wonderful friends.

I am still indebted to Bro. Jared for all of his hard work but at least he was fed well! Thank you very much, my friend. I told my Dad that people would never believe I did all that work myself. Dad said, "I was there and even I don't believe it!" Lol

Thanks as well to my Dad and brother Steve for working hard too. My nephew Isaac worked for a few hours one day too and was a big help. Thanks to Steve and his wife Karen for helping us buy lots of materials. I could not have done it all right now without their help. May God bless you all!

Davy

#10 Weekend Woundup and Weview

I spent Thursday working on City Reach stuff and Kelly Jo and Odie were chauffeured around town by Sis. Carla Martinez for some retail therapy. It looks like they had fun!

Thursday evening the Martinez family treated us to a great Mexican meal and even better fellowship. We had a great evening with friends even though I was not feeling the best.

We love Pastor Martinez and his family AND all the Desert Cove folks but we needed to move on toward California. We planned to leave Friday morning but the allergies/cold/sickness that I had been running from since Sunday caught me with a vengeance Thursday night. I was up early Friday but I felt like mud. I finally decided to stay another day in El Mirage and do nothing but rest.

That is pretty much what I did all day long, absolutely nothing but rest. Kelly Jo and Odie went to hear Gordon Mote Friday night but I did nothing.

It turned out to be a smart decision because I felt much better by Saturday morning. We drove 355 miles Saturday and it was a beautiful drive. We never get tired of this scenery. We did have some heavy winds going through one area. Of course, we could see about 1000 wind mills so I guess wind is pretty normal there.

We did have a couple of hours of heavy traffic as we neared Los Angeles but we made it safely. We ended up in an RV Park right on the Anaheim and Orange line.

We jumped in the Green Machine a few minutes after arriving and went exploring. We are here to visit churches, meet people and find God given opportunities for a future City Reach. We drove about 100 miles Saturday around LA and then about 140 miles Sunday visiting two churches.

This is a glimpse of the city I am burdened for.

One of the churches we visited was outside of the LA central area near where we will be preaching next weekend. We have dear friends that know the Pastor and we wanted to get to know him. We enjoyed meeting Pastor Duke Downs and his folks in Chino Sunday night.

Today we plan to run up into central California for a few days and then we will be in Bloomington by Friday night by God's grace. Keep praying that we will walk softly before the Lord and be sensitive to His voice.

Thanks for reading.

Davy