Nana & Papa offered to bring a Bar B Que meal to Colorado Springs if one of the ‘Springs families would host us – Nick & Rachel, Isaac & Kaylee joined us and we all met at Carl & Beth & Anya’s house. (…oh and Mo’s house as well!)
Oops! …not many pictures but we had a great time of visiting, sharing stories of our summer since the reunion, and eating a great meal together. We were saying “see y’all later” as we shared our plans for the coming months. We’re going to be leaving next week to serve in New Mexico in September, and then on to Arizonia for the rest of the winter until next April!
Love all these smiles – we are so blessed to have these kiddos close by and available to help with so many things. God’s love is lived out well throughout our family!
And then there’s this……….!
Jeremy loves to compeat with his dirt bike…but this caught his eye. “$1,000 to WIN!” A friend had a car for him but needed work, he found sponsers, another car to use for parts, a big shed to work in, and some help from friends to get it gutted, running, and painted. He has never raced a car before, and wasn’t sure what a “figure-8-jump-race” was, but after working really hard on this car, check out what happened!
Enter the “General Lee” (as in Dukes of Hazard) only this is a Subaru not a Charger….
Load ’em up! Get some gas! At the field! Last minute fix! Getting the track ready!!
So the track is a figure 8… we can see that. The “jumps” are like mogels on a downhill ski race (they tend to wreak weaker cars and trucks!) As they are racing they must give right of way to those in the intersection of the figure 8 – yes that means stomping on the brake if needed. Crazy!!
There was excitment ….and a bit of aprehension before the race. This could be…”not good” but we were rooting for Jeremy! We all wore special t-shirts “Johnson 01” We really stood out from the crowd – lots of spectators were asking, “which one is he?” (…and then they joined us in rooting for Jeremy!) This kept building up into an amazing adventure!!!
The race started, lots of shouting, screaming, adrenaline, Jeremy kept passing everyone – what was happening right in front of us?!
We knew that Jeremy had passed every car and truck several times – we were mind blown! We learned later that he didn’t know this, he kept passing because he thought he was behind!
There were several mis-haps, but Jeremy avoided all of them. When a car or truck quit running it was hauled off by giant tractors or forklifts. the race was haulted until the track was cleared. then….GO! The race picked up where it left off. Jeremey was still in the race!!!
…and then!
Jerremy won! ….$1,000 dollars! …and this amazing trophy!
Everyone was blown away by the final results of the race. Even Jeremy asked, “did I come in second or third?” He blew his radiator, sprayed all over him, and wondered if he would even make it to the finish line. CONGRATULATIONS JEREMY! What an exciting evening! FIRST PLACE!
Time to hit the road!
On our way back to our cabin we stopped in Fort Morgan to say hi and “see you later” to Mom and Kay. (Forgot to take current pictures). We helped with a few tasks and enjoyed a great german sausage and sauerkrout meal – thanks Mom! Kay has settled in nicely and is able to do her on lione work from her new office. So pleased with how things turned out and so thankful that Kay is now living with mom to care and love on her!
The calendar says it’s time to move on to our next SOWER Project! It seems too early in the season to leave this place! We have had a very fun, exciting, and productive summer – full of adventures!
We were blessed at the last minute to be able to offer our cabin to a young lady to “house-sit” for us for a week. So glad to share our cabin and Selah Acres to bless others! We can leave knowing that the cabin will be cared for till we return in a about 3 weeks.
We spent the night at Trinidad State Park. It helped us transition from cabin living to RV living before we go “full-time” again! Glad we did, it helped us to relax and pray/plan for the days ahead.
Headed to Glorieta Adventure Camps, Glorieta, NM for our next SOWER Ministry assignment. What does God have in store for us in our next adventure?
