Youth leader, Mike, bringing up a poster of Gary who is in his chapter. Gary ended up not being able to be there that night, but got it the next day
It was a fun but very busy day, starting with Bible Study at 7:20. It was a really good study. It is in the back room of the dining hall, so afterwards, I walked into the dining room and waited for Bill to come in after the Men’s Bible Study. We sat with Jay and Jane, then moved and sat with Russ and Marcia who were sitting alone. A short time later, others from their chapter came and sat with us. We left there, and Bev, Ron and I set up the bake sale. People brought baked goods they had baked a dropped them off. The bake sale went from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. We sold a lot of stuff. Bev and I worked the first hour together, then another couple came and took the next hour. I helped with the carnival for that hour. Then I went back to the bake sale and Ron and I worked the bake sale while Bev cut Jane’s hair. Then Ron and Bev went to lunch. BayShore had the food tent set up right next to us and had burgers, hot dogs, brats, chips, cookies and pop for sale. After Bev and Ron finished, Bev came and sat while Bill and I ate lunch. The worship team from the Holland Chapter did the worship at the 9 a.m. service. Then Russ taught a class after that. Bill went around on the golf cart making sure everything was going good. Bev and I packed up the left over bake sale stuff in the cooler and I took it into the tabernacle for Tiny to auction at the service later in the evening.
Then we lined up for the ride to Akron. Abi did the bike blessing and did a great job. She is due to have her baby on October 30th. This is their first baby. Very exciting! 69 bikes lined up and took off when Wes started out to lead us. It was great weather all weekend so we were very blessed. We went to Bubba’s booth when we got to Akron and said hi. I talked to JessiLee and she shared something she needed prayer for so I prayed with her. Then we talked to a Mom and daughter at another booth, where the dad made the big motorcycle we stood by for our picture. The son makes a lot of small metal artwork which is very cool. They are Christians too. We are going to take a ride to their museum as a group some day.
We went to other booths and looked at stuff. We also got a coke at a vendor’s booth. we went to see Liz and Jo at the CMA booth on the Main Street in town. We talked to a policeman who had been a Marine. He was so nice.
We left after that and came back to the campground for Trinity Rider’s Potluck. I quick made a banana cream pudding dessert and took it. Bill had a burger and hot dog and I had a hot dog. There was lots of other food. My banana dessert was a hit and disappeared shortly after I put it on the table. We sat with Tater and his wife and they brought him the spoon to lick. That was the end of the dessert. We visited with others, then took the golf cart back to our camper to get ready to go to the tabernacle to pray before the service with the state leadership. Tiny auctioned the baked goods and some other items off for us and made more money for the bake sale. Then BayShore gave us half of the ice cream we served each night free. The money everyone paid for the two nights went to Run for the Son so that was a super blessing. The last night was free for everyone anyhow. With the carnival and bug run money added in we raised a total of $1123 for RFS.
The worship was awesome and the message was really good. Russ gave the message on Chapter Growth again because it was so good Bill said and not many got to hear it because of so much going on during the day.
We went and had ice cream afterwards and visited with lots of people. It was such a fun day.
