Pictures later with good WiFi......................
Friday, we were able to do some preparation work for the
next step on our travels, and just do a bit of relaxing at the motorhome till
Sue called to tell us she was heading home from work. Her teaching day is always long since she
stays there to do classroom preparation before heading home. We drove to their place and enjoyed some
pizza with the family before then taking them to the local theater to see the
movie “Warrenwoods” which was just opening today. It is a Christian film based on a true story
of the experience on a football team at a high school of that name in
Birmingham, Alabama just after forced integration. All of the conflicts being experience in the
city were happening at the high school as well and of course on the football
team. A local Fellowship of Christian
Athletes chaplain spoke to the team resulting in most of the team excepting the
challenge to behave like Christians and turn the other cheek – love their
“enemies” and show how well they could work together. The upshot was a wonderful change but not
till after some very difficult experiences for both the players and the
coach. We all really enjoyed it.
Sue’s school was having a fall festival on Saturday morning,
Jackson wanted to sleep in the morning after working part of the night at Fed
Ex and Tim needed lots of time to work on a presentation he is giving in
Tallahassee, Florida next Wednesday so we just relaxed in the morning and drove over to their house in the early
afternoon.
Sue and I drove to the local bakery to order the special
cake and cupcakes for the Eagle ceremony.
Then returned to pick up Jackson so we could check out the International
Cultural Festival that was taking place at the University of North Carolina
campus while Ken and Reilly watched football and Tim continued work on his
presentation. We had a delightful time
checking out some of the dance presentations from various countries and
visiting the various cultural booths that offered information about the
country, items for sale or display and traditional foods. It was amazing to see the number of different
countries represented – a couple of which I’d never heard of that are in
Africa. Many visitors as well as
participants were dressed in traditional clothing for their country adding to
the whole scene. After the parade of
nations, we strolled back to the car and returned to their home.
We enjoyed grilled hamburgers for supper and some time to
simply chat with one another in the evening.
Sue and I talked a bit about her preparations for Jackson’s Eagle ceremony
and possible centerpiece ideas.
Sunday morning we met the family at church. I’d made a huge tossed salad using up some of
the vegetables that were in the refrigerator.
We took our meal donations to the Fellowship Hall for the meal that
would follow church and then attended the service together. It was good to see Wayne and Ruth (the pastor
and his wife). Many members of a multicultural
church in Chattanooga were attending the service and providing the music which
made for an interesting experience. This
was a church that the youth group from Sue’s church including Jackson had
worked from last summer.
Following the very nice luncheon, we returned to the house
leaving Ken to spend time with the guys watching football while Sue and I spent
a couple of hours shopping for the items for the centerpieces for the Eagle
ceremony. It gave us a good time to just
do some chatting as well.
By the time we returned the Panthers game was coming on so
we said goodbye and headed back to the campground so we could get on the road
for our drive to Gaffney, South Carolina and the Freightliner Service
Center. There we hooked up in the
parking lot and settled down for the night in anticipation of getting our
annual service work done in the morning.
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