We're in Birmingham (for a couple of days)!
0 Comments Published by Durand on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 at 12:37 PM.
After two 11 hour days and one short 3 hour drive on day three we arrived safely in Birmingham. For three hours we drove across eastern Colorado toward Kansas on what can only be described as a skating rink. Deep blue ice, compacted and smooth, covered much of the road. Equally disconcerting were the dozens of wrecks lying along the highway. Cars rolled and burned out. Recreational vehicles with on their backs with wheels facing skyward. A jack-knifed tanker truck and countless cars, trucks and SUV's stranded in snowbanks with nothing to do but wait for a tow truck.
Thankfully, shortly after the Kansas line, the ice disappeared. And by the time we made it to Salina, Kansas the snow left as well. We'd not heard about the avalanches that day that took the lives of some traveling through Colorado, but many of our friends who knew our travel plans did. The rest of the trip saw a bit of precipitation, but nothing significant.
We're in a "missionary" apartment in the basement of one of the church members from Shades Mountain Bible Church. Nice to have a place to land. But we'll be here only until Thursday AM, when we head to Germany for a series of meetings. I will be in strategic planning meetings for CreativeWorks while Ruth meets with the Europe Council. Then we'll attend the Director's conference for all GEM's ministries before heading back to the States and several months of missions conferences around the southeast.
Pray for stamina, good travel connections, and wisdom.
Durand
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