Wed. 10/17/26, Cold morning 40 degrees, got up to 65 degrees and sunny, last day for sleeping in, lots of friends arrived today and more arrive tomorrow and Monday, dinner at Pavilion in the evening, did a couple of walks

We set up our table in the morning...green is land, blue is water under the Mackinaw bridge

Evan and Lydia

Beautiful Maple cake Bruce made.  Melissa said it was delicious and sent me a picture.  She is blessed with great cooks and bakers in her family

We slept in for the last day.  It was 40 degrees out when I got up.  It was toasty in the camper.  I turned the electric fireplace on and it was nice and cozy.  Bill got up a half hour after I did.  I had my coffee made and my Bible almost read and had his coffee all set to just press the button.  

We got a text from Jane saying she had our tables for the North Central Region marked.  I dried my hair and did it after my shower, then we went down and decorated our Michigan table.  Then a while later we got a text from Jane saying we couldn’t decorate until 5:30.  It was too late.  A few states had already decorated their table by the time that message came out.  Oh, well, we know for next year now as they announced it at dinner in the evening.

Our area reps, Mel and Betty, drove by and told us where they were going to set their tent up.  We met our neighbors that pulled in next to our spot.  They are goodie reps. and know our good reps. Al and Lucy.  Coleen told me that she and Dan got here and unloaded their goodies, then saw our goodie reps and helped them unload.  Shortly after, we saw Al and Lucy pull in, so we went to see them and helped them while they were setting up.  We visited with their neighbors who were area reps, but aren’t any longer.  Their names were Bev and Barry.  They were so nice.  CMA is a great place to meet the nicest people.

Lew and Cindy got here tonight too.  They came to our camper around 5 and we all walked down to the pavilion for dinner.  We saw lots of friends there.  We got to hug and talk to our previous National Evangelists, Raylean and Roger.  They are always the sweetest and make everyone feel special. We sat with Al, Lucy, Lew, Cindy, Mel and Betty for dinner.  They had nacho and taco bars to go to, then had ice cream cones or dishes of ice cream for dessert.  We visited with our State Coordinator friends, Tracy and Bear, and also talked to Ben who is the National Youth leader.  As we were leaving we saw Brian, Eric, Jim and Linda.  We are going to volunteer with Jim and Linda and others for hospitality sometime this week.  Waiting to hear what day.  

Bill and I played 3-13 and he won, but not by a lot.  Then we played dice and I won.