Sunday evening started with me being able to get some computer work done at a local Starbucks while waiting for my hosts to get back from an outing. I was early! While waiting I was able to connect with Roger and Debbie Peterson. Roger is the brother of Darla, whom I stayed with on Friday night. It was great to see them again since it had been nearly 30 years! Then I was off to connect with Clay and Selene Peck. These are special friends as I was the Ministerial Director in Potomac when we brought them to the Courthouse Road Church in Richmond, VA. John and Cristina Grys followed them there. Small world huh? Clay now is the Lead Pastor at Grace Place in Berthoud, CO. This started as an experimental project with the Rocky Mountain Conference. The rest is a long story, but they are now an independent church with an amazing outreach. There just isn't room to show all that they have going on with two campuses. In Berthoud alone they have several centers with a strong emphasis on outreach for youth. You can see some of the facilities at "Five Stones" which is their center for youth. The activity shot shows the Sundae Night Fights where they were actually throwing ice cream and toppings and whipping cream. Well, I was so glad I didn't get to participate, but they seemed to be having a great time. This morning I had breakfast at the Grace Place Cafe which operates in the front portion of their worship center and is a full service cafe for breakfast and lunch. The food is great as well! I had a truly wonderful visit with these friends and enjoyed picking at Clay's brain related to the ministry opportunities he has developed there. I added one more pic at the top showing Clay with Bailey, their rescued Golden Retriever.
Monday morning after breakfast I headed toward Yellowstone and rode nearly 400 miles in amazingly powerful wind. Tonight I am in Dubois, WY, jusst 80 miles from Yellowstone and I'll go through the Grand Tetons Park on the way. Tomorrow I also get another new set of tires and from the looks of the rear tire it will be none too soon. Tomorrow I arrive in Bozeman, MT.
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