Saturday, 6/21/25, Bev and Ron Left, went to rally, great message, ate at Cracker Barrel, went on nice ride, got ice cream by our campground, back to rally, Jay spoke

Driving through the tunnel after we came down from the mountain every day was fun

Bill in front of the Blair County Convention Center where the CMA National Rally was held

My turn!  The rally was awesome!

Went on a nice ride

Jim, Bev, Bill and I having ice cream at the the plant right by where we camped.  It was so good

Bill and I taking a nap in our chairs before we had to go back to the Rally

We said goodbye to Ron and Bev, then went to see if Jim and Bev were ready to leave for the rally.  They weren’t and said it would be a while so told us to leave and they would come when they were ready.  

We got to the rally and sat by Barry.  Jerry did an amazing job singing and leading us in worship.  It was awesome.  Russ and Marcia and their friends were a row back from us.  Mark Heid gave the message and it was so good.  I am going to see if it is on the website so I can listen again.  

We went to Goodies and shopped and talked to people we knew.  Some guy told us about a Vietnam wall that’s really nice by the VA hospital in Altoona.  We went there and  the GPS said we had arrived, but we didn’t see any wall....weird.  We decided to go to the Cracker Barrel that was close by.  We called Bev and Jim to check on them and they came and met us for lunch.  He had started coming down the mountain and realized he forgot his phone so went back to get it.  We all had good food and good conversation.  We went to the Goodie store at the rally and Bill got a sweatshirt, I got a shirt and Bev and Jim got a shirt and a vest.

We took the long way back up the mountain and stopped for yummy ice cream right by our campground.  It tasted so good.  It was a long wait to get it, but it sure was worth it.  The guys talked to a veteran and Bev and I talked to a nice lady that lived close by.  

We got back to our camper and took a nap in our lounge chairs the camper in the cool air conditioning.  It was in the 90’s outside.  It sure felt good to catch up on some sleep.  

We went back to the evening service and it was just the best worship!  The presence of God was in that place.  1300 people worshipping God all together was awesome.  Jay gave the message on God loving us, seeking to save the lost, and wanting us to have a relationship with him through reading His Word.  It was very good.  We left and got to our campsite just as it was getting dark out.  Much better coming up the mountain before it is really dark out.  We saw a deer right by the road, but I always pray for God to hold the deer back and He did!

We sure thanked Him.  We played 3-13 and I worked on blogs, then went to bed.