The Trip down!

Greetings fellow believers,

I am tired but in good spirits. after 17 hours of travel we have arrived at Grace Christian church. I wanted to give you some items to help you create a vision of what it is like to ride 1000 miles on 4 different interstate highways. passing through or near by 6 Sizable US cities, (Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Huntsville, and Birmingham).
Items I saw specifically on the drive down. (in no particular order)

1. Flea Fair.
2. Flea Swap.
3. A number of flea markets.
4. One Armadillo. (on the side of the road)
5. 5 "boozefighters" Motorcyclists.
6. Late 1930s Willy's Jeep being towed by a old Mazda pickup. (we passed it at least 3 times)
7. Mid 60's Ford Fairlane (and other Vintage automobiles)
8. Corvette museum. (Bowling Green Kentucky is were they make the corvette currently)
9. Saturn III rocket "rest area". (this was a real NASA Rocket right next to the Road)
10. Countless Bug "Splats" on the van window.
11. 1 auto accident (thankfully)
12. Approximately 40 miles of road construction.
    
13. Sun shine and clear sky all the way to Birmingham AL. (appx 2/3 of the trip)
14. Dale Earnhardt Commemorative License plate. (for you nascar fans)
15. Dozens of Crosses by the side of the road indicating the tragic death of some one while en route to their destination.
16. Orange wild flowers filling the median strip between the interstate roads (at least 3 miles worth)
    
17. 4 Tennessee Troopers and 4 automobiles pulled over. (not sure what they did but they were all within 500 feet of each other)
    
18. 4 Church Steeples in the Nashville valley (the reminded me of our beautiful Steeple)
19. A Man sitting on the berm of the free way. (please note that there was no stranded or disabled car in sight in either direction)
20. Driving rain for appx 20 minutes (we slowed to 5o miles and hour as we could not see more than 100 feet in front of our vehicle)
21. "Jesus saves" Graffiti on the back of a Semi.
    

I am thankful for our safe and uneventful passage to the New Orleans area. I am excited for the effort that we are about to expel.

God's Grace to you and those around you!

Mark Ritchey