I must say that my Sabbath did go a lot better than my Friday as far as the traveling was concerned. I stayed last night with Rocky and Darla Peterson. Actually I'm not sure if that is the correct spelling of their last name, but they'll forgive me. Darla was a member in our first church in Ames, Iowa and used to babysit Julie for us. The first pic shows them with their daughter, Roxie, who also has three other sisters.
After breakfast with them I rode over to the New Creation Church which has been going for nearly 10 years now and is led by Michael and Michelle Mesnard. Yup that's Bob and Davy's kids! They were involved at another church this morning, but I did get to touch base with them last night. I found the New Creation Church to be a delightful experience. They have signs out to help you find their storefront location. (They just got approval for their building plans for a new church building.) I was quickly and warmly greeted and made welcome in a Sabbath School class. I liked the way they included the children. Instead of having a children's story they used the kids in the first praise song. Their "meet and greet" portion was active and very sincere. Then Tanya Cochran got up to preach. She is one of the elders. She doesn't always dress like that. She was illustrating some of the trends of the past and things that we thought were just so cool. Her sermon title was, "King of Pop, King of Kings." (Spiritual Lessons from the Lives of Michael Jackson and Jesus) It was a very good and well done message. The New Creation Church is growing and ministers to a large number of students from Union College as well.
Following a lunch with a couple from the church I rode 280 miles to Ogallala, NE. Thunderstorms were visible to my left and right, but God provided a path from me. Tomorrow morning I'll spin through Wray, CO on my way to Brighton, CO and then a very special evening with Clay and Selene Peck. I'll tell you more about these special friends in the next post.
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