First Day Journey - July 21,2007
The Gulfport mission team arrived at WHBC around 6:45 am with a group of church members waiting to send us off with baked goods, support, prayer and love. We were prayed over and then loaded into the van with Terri Bolt driving.
As we drove down the road, we made record time and arrived in Newnan, GA around 5:30 pm. Along the way we switched drivers with Uncle Pete (Fowler) and Kenny. Kenny had the roughest part of the trip as he drove through the Atlanta traffic while the rest of us gawked at the skyscrapers and verbalized what we were looking at. Pete pointed out significant sights such as the Olympic Village, the Varsity drive-in and the Atlanta Braves stadium. Unfortunately for Kenny, he couldn't look. He had to watch the traffic and hit the brakes a lot. It got a little unnerving for Terri, as she finally put her seatbelt on. With the hitting of brakes and the load from the back shifting, slowing down took longer and a little more work on Kenny's part.
When we arrived at the Holiday-Inn Express, we checked-in and got ready for dinner. Pete suggested we go to Sprayberry's BBQ restaurant. It was wonderful!!! We all ate so much. We finished the meal off with sharing a bowl of homemade peach cobbler ala mode. It was delightful!!!!
After dinner, we returned to the hotel. Pete, Terri, Alice and Linda walked around the hotel. We had a surprise to see Robert and Brenda Stewart from church. They are in Terry Tyler's Sunday school class. They are traveling to Houston, TX for a trade show. They stopped at the hotel for a night's rest. They sort of recognized us as we walked around the hotel and finally the light bulb went on and we all connected that the strange man in the van does look familiar. Alice went towards the van so we could see who it was. What a nice surprise to see them. They should be back in a couple of Sundays.
The night is over. We will worship at Pete Park's home church in Columbus, GA.
As we drove down the road, we made record time and arrived in Newnan, GA around 5:30 pm. Along the way we switched drivers with Uncle Pete (Fowler) and Kenny. Kenny had the roughest part of the trip as he drove through the Atlanta traffic while the rest of us gawked at the skyscrapers and verbalized what we were looking at. Pete pointed out significant sights such as the Olympic Village, the Varsity drive-in and the Atlanta Braves stadium. Unfortunately for Kenny, he couldn't look. He had to watch the traffic and hit the brakes a lot. It got a little unnerving for Terri, as she finally put her seatbelt on. With the hitting of brakes and the load from the back shifting, slowing down took longer and a little more work on Kenny's part.
When we arrived at the Holiday-Inn Express, we checked-in and got ready for dinner. Pete suggested we go to Sprayberry's BBQ restaurant. It was wonderful!!! We all ate so much. We finished the meal off with sharing a bowl of homemade peach cobbler ala mode. It was delightful!!!!
After dinner, we returned to the hotel. Pete, Terri, Alice and Linda walked around the hotel. We had a surprise to see Robert and Brenda Stewart from church. They are in Terry Tyler's Sunday school class. They are traveling to Houston, TX for a trade show. They stopped at the hotel for a night's rest. They sort of recognized us as we walked around the hotel and finally the light bulb went on and we all connected that the strange man in the van does look familiar. Alice went towards the van so we could see who it was. What a nice surprise to see them. They should be back in a couple of Sundays.
The night is over. We will worship at Pete Park's home church in Columbus, GA.
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