This was Wednesday, July 15

I know there is a little time lapse going on here, but I'm keeping up as fast as wi-fi connections work, so it is Friday morning, but here is the report from Wednesday.  I left Bozeman around 7:15 and headed up to Helena to meet with Darrin and Loy Dixon, who are actually members in Great Falls, but met me halfway.  Darrin and Loy and I are special friends having worked through the sad loss of his wife, Joan, to leukemia a few years back. I then had the  privilege of marrying Darrin and Loy nearly four years ago and God is proving Himself, once again, to be a God of grace, mercy, love, and peace as we journey through this thing called life.  We talked at length about friendship, but also about their church, which is currently without a pastor and is seeking direction. The Dixons, along with several of their friends have vision, willingness, and passion for the gospel, but the challenge is finding the overall desire of the body.  The scenic pic shows just a glimpse of the beauty riding from Helena toward Missoula over the pass.  It was a gorgeous ride!

From Helena I rode on over to Coeur d' Alene, ID and met with Phil Muthersbaugh, first in his office and then in his home with about a dozen of his church family.  I must say that this group was absolutely "FUN" and alive with a passion for the gospel and connecting with His children. I will have much more to say about LifeSource in the book, but this group is going to grow. How big they grow in numbers is not the issue is it? They are growing relationships, but I expect that numbers will follow.  All I know is that I was loved, cared for, prayed over, and blessed.  If I felt that in one evening, how would a visitor feel after attending for a few weeks? Well, they would feel loved, cared for, prayed over and blessed and I am guessing that they would want to come back and stay.

It was late than I anticipated when I got away so I only rode to the west side of Spokane as I was finding major slow traffic in road construction and decided to just sleep and get an early start.  That's where we'll pick it up in the next post.