Friday, 10/18/24, Happy Birthday Kimmy and Vikki, we love you!!! Went to breakfast at pavilion, group ride to Hochatown, Oklahoma, texted with Becky to meet here tomorrow

Happy Birthday Kimmy and Vikki! We love you so much!

Our new area reps form the U.P,  Teri and Bill.  Such a nice couple 

Our waitress telling Sue what the appetizer was lol!

Sue holding them up for a picture 

Quite the door handles!

Bill and Doug 

Sue, Doug and Bill at Lake Wilhemena!

Someone driving across the road of drained Like Wilhelmina 

We all went to the morning service.  Afterward, Doug, Sue, Art, Pat, Bill and I rode our motorcycles with the  planed ride  group to Oklahoma.  There were about 50 motorcycles going.  We ate at the
 Hochatown Saloon/Restaurant.  It was huge and very nice.  We got a table right away and a very sweet waitress.  
Sue and I decided to split a triple decker club sandwich.  I ordered fries and she ordered an appetizer.  Our food came  mand the sandwich was delicious!  We shared the fries, our waitress sat Sue’s appetizer in front of her husband.He started eating them, then his fried pickles came and he realized the other appetizer was Sue’s. He passed them to
Sue and sh told me they were half fries I thought and explained they were tiny French fries that were breaded.  I started eating some.  Then we couldn’t really figure out what they tasted like, so she looked on the menu and it said Calf fries, so she said they were beef so had everyone try them but Bill and another lady from Georgia.  Pat thought the texture reminded her of chicken gizzards.  No one else could figure out what they were. I cut one in half but couldn’t figure anything out. When our waitress came to give us our bills, Sue asked us what they were.  She smiled and said she didn’t want to tell us so to Google it. She was just a young mom.  She finally told us they were cow testicles! Talk about being grossed out and laughing till we were in tears, that about covers all of our emotions.  Bill and the other lady were pretty happy they didn’t try them. I asked our waitress if she had anything she needed prayer for and she said she had two small kids, was going to nursing school and working this job too so could always use prayer. We prayed for her,

We left and headed back to Mena and the couple we met at our table from Georgia rode with us.  They went back to the campground and Doug and Sue and Bill and I went to see Lake Wilhelmina which has intentionally been drained.  It was pretty fascinating to see since there was a road across it and a truck was driving across it. We rode back to the main road and got stopped by a railroad crossing because the little yellow one or two manned things were going across.  We saw three and then about every three minutes another one woul go..  It took about 15 minutes.  Then Doug and Sue went to  Walmart and we came back to the campground.  Ziggy was walking to the pavilion and saw us go by on the other road, so came and visited with us for a while.  He went down to eat but Bill and I were still full so didn’t go.  We all went to the service.  Worship was awesome and the service was amazing. God is sure glorified in this place!  We went back to the camper and all visited more than went to be.

October 17,2024, Thursday, 10/17/24, Made breakfast, went to the pavilion for service, walked around and went to register for next year with Teri and Bill, went to Walmart and to lunch with Ron and Barb, went on group ride with Michigan people, relaxed for a while, went to the evening service, visited with people afterwards, walked back to camper

 

Another beautiful ride!

On Mt. Wilhelmina 

The man next to Bill is from Macedonia in the Bible.  He had an accent and was fun talking to. He’s a CMA member and lives in the US but still visits family in Macedonia

Art and Pat in front, Barb, Ron, Bob, Russ, Doug, Sue and Bill

 I got up at 6, got ready, made scrambled eggs with fried potatoes and also warmed up left over sausage.  We ate, then walked down to the Pavillion for the morning service.  Great worship and great messages from the National Evangelist.

Teri and I decided the line was long to the bathrooms so we walked farther and went to the basement bathroom. We only a a couple minute wait.  We met our two Bill’s after and went to register for or camping spot for next year.  They weren’t open yet so Teri and I came back to look at some homemade quilts in the silent auction.  The starting bid was $500 so we just looked. It made me even more thankful for the quilt I won! 

We all headed back to our campsites.  On our way, Bill and I saw Barb and Ron.  We decided to ride to Walmart and then go to lunch at Papa’s Mexican restaurant.  The food was delicious and we only got a Hal order beef and been nacho and I had to take half with me.  

When we got back, we went on a ride back up to the mountain with our Michigan people.  It was a little cooler today but almost hit 70 and was sunny with clear skies.  We were going to see Lake Wilhelmina since they drained it, but ended up saving that trip for a different day.  

We came back to the camp and got there at the same time as Ziggy.  We visited, ate a cookie , then Ziggy went up to the Pavillion to eat.  We were too full, so just stayed at the camper until a half hour before the service was to start.  More awesome worship and Holly and John Ogden gave great messages.  We talked to friends, then Bill and I headed back to the camper.  We saw Ziggy up on the hill and he waited for us to walk back with him.  Stayed up til 11, then went to bed!

10/16/24, Wed., Ron and Barb came to visit, went on another great ride, great services. 1045 people there in the evening service. Just awesome worshiping God together

Ziggy on right, Ron, Barb and me

Ziggy always takes a selfie of him in front of our camper when he stays with us.  Ron and Barb are visiting with us in the background 

Bill

Barb and Ron

Barb and Ron

Ron, Barb, Teri, Bill, me and Bill

Bill while we were on another beautiful ride!

During the Colors Rally

Barb and Ron

Barb and Ron

Ron, Barb, Teri, Bill, me and Bill

Bill while we were on another beautiful ride!

During the Colors Rally

I got up first and got ready, then Bill and by the time we were done in our room, Ziggy was ready and reading his Bible.  I made pancakes and sausage and wouldn’t you know it, the smoke detector went off.  That never happens unless Ziggy is camping with us.  In the other camper he was the only one tall enough to shut it off.  He shut it off today  since it seems to be tradition. We were just telling him last night that we didn’t even know if it worked.  Happy to know it does.

We ate then the two of them went outside it was only 40 degrees out.  I called Gayla and Sue, then read my Bible inside.  I saw two yellow motorcycles coming around the curve on the hill behind us and opened the door and told Bill to check if it was Ron and Barb.  It was.  We all had a nice time visiting and ate some Oreos while we drank our coffee.  Then Barb, Ron and Ziggy went down to register.  Bill and I walked around the vendors.  We saw Teri and Bill coming on their motorcycles so we flagged them down.  We all sat visiting at the picnic table by the vendors.  We talked to Gail and Mike for a while there too.  Then We six went on a nice motorcycle ride.  We ate on the mountain again and then took pictures and went on another fun ride.  We came back to the camper for a while, then went to the Pavillian to eat yummy chicken, potato, veggies yummy coleslaw with apples, and then had mixed berry cobbler.  We shopped after that, and bought two comfy cushions.   Service started so we went an sat down.  Worship was awesome and so was the message by John Senior.  Adam and I texted. His leg really hurts so I prayed for him.We came back and I talked to Melissa and then we visited with Ziggy for a while, then went to bed.

Tues, 10/15/24, Adam had his surgery, Wes had his surgery, texted lots with Kimmy, Melissa and Vikki,

.  I was so happy to see a video before which I couldn’t post here and then get a picture after it was done

Jared and Kimmy had coffee and muffins while they played 3-13 while Adam was in surgery.

Ralph and Cheryl’s 50th surprise party after leadership training was done

Picture of Michigan leadership of those at Leadership Training 

 Woke up early. Kimmy was already posting pictures of Adam before he went into surgery.  The amazing thing God did was to have Adam and Wes’s surgery at the same time so they were in the waiting room together.  Gayla sent me a text saying how surprised she was to see them and then added My Framily! We always say we are framily- friends who are family. I had been thinking Adams surgery was going to be in Midland.  It was so nice that they all had each other to be with.  Adam texted me at 10:45 and said ….Surgery all done i get to go home at 11:55!  Wes’s surgery was done pretty close to the same time.  We were so happy to hear their surgeries were successful!  

We went to Leadership training and heard the good news while there and shared it with everyone who had been praying training was very good again today.  They provided great meals for us again today! 

Before we ate dinner, we went and visited Ron and Barb and Bill and Teri in the overflow East campground. A guy who came to meet us while walking his huge dog and a little dog, got pulled over by the big dog and fell. The guys help d him up.  We left and went to eat dinner, then took a few group pictures.  We were all walking to the ice cream vendor on the grounds but they were closed. Katy, Jeff, Bill and I went to Baskens and Robins for ice cream in town. Most of the others stayed here to watch a movie.  There were a lot of CMA friends having ice cream too.  

When we got back to our camper, it was dark. I tried to be really careful stepping up onto our cement patio, but somehow my foot caught on it and I fell onto the cement. At first I thought I broke a rip it was so oainful, but I stood up, Bill hugged me and prayed for me, and the pain was gone.  We sure were thanking the Lord!  We read our Bibles.  Ziggy got here about a half hour later and we had a great time visiting and catching up.  

Monday, 10/14/24, Went to Leadership Training at 9. We had lots of snacks on our table. All the National Evangelist’s shared about their regions, Wes had an accident and went by ambulance to ER, talked to Gayla to see how Wes was

 

I didn’t take any pictures today, but Adam sent me this cute one he took yesterday while they were at our house.   He said “We found the ice cream! THANK YOUUU!  They are just so cute!

We got ready and went to Leadership Training.  We took our trash to put in the dumpster .  A couple we didn’t know drove their truck up to us and told Bill to throw our trash on the bed of their truck because they were headed there with their garbage.  That was so nice of them because we have quite a long walk.  

We went to our table and visited until it started.  We heard good messages from Jared, Jay annd Doug.  We had a national evangelist.  We enjoyed lots of snacks everyone brought.  We took a break, so I walked to our camper quickly to get my phone. I didn’t want to miss any texts from Gayla.  She sent me one that said somebody helped get their motor home started but now they couldn’t turn it off so they were heading home.  I went back to our table and we all listened to each National Evangelist share about their states in their regions.  God did so many amazing things in CMA during the year.  It was great to see pictures and hear about every state.  Jay and Jane did an amazing job on our region!!! We went to Goodies and bought new vests and a couple of other things.  We met with Jay, Jane, and Bill and Teri who are becoming area reps for us in the UP.  That went really well.  Then we had lunch they had prepared for us.  There were brats, sauerkraut, chicken salad sandwiches and stuff for salad, plus desserts.  We sat with our group. 

Gayla texted me and said they had an emergency and to pray for Wes.  She said she would call me later  I texted the girls at home to get them praying and Bill and I prayed right away. 

I called Gayla because I couldn’t wait any longer to find out how Wes was.  She said they got home,unloaded the camper and then she was in the house and he was in the shed.  He called her phone.  She went out to the shed and he was yelling for help.  He had decided to put some blocks down and made a ramp to drive the motor home up so he could get underneath it and look at what was causing the problem.  He got in to drive it and opened his door and had his foot out of the door and was looking to make sure the wheels were going up the ramp when his other foot slipped off the brake and hit the gas pedal. The motor home went through the end wall into his workshop room. He had somehow gotten up but needed an ambulance to come. The paramedics took his shoe off and cut his sock and his foot was really badly cut.  They took him to the ER and they did X-Rays and found out he had a fractured tibia.  I let the girls all know what happened and specifically what to pray for.

Wes’s foot

We feel so bad that his happened.  We were happy to get to talk to Gayla and also get to talk to Wes too!

Saturday, 10/12/24, slept in, walked around campground, no ride today, another walk around the campground, saw Mel and Betty pull in, another walk to visit Mel and Betty, helped Kathy set up our leadership table, dinner with leadership of CMA,

Bill took this after walking up to see Mel and Betty

Bill when we left the main building after eating 

 We slept in this morning til 9! Wow!  Bill drank a protein drink and I ate breakfast, then we sat outside and read our Bibles.  Gail was walking back from Rayleen’s house and stopped to sit and visit with us.  She’s so sweet!  After she left,  we went for a walk and saw Pat and Art from the UP.  We sat and visited for a while.  They’ve got a dog with them that looks just like Stumpy did.  We walked back around the tent area and back up the hill where we are camped.  We saw Mel and Betty and let them know where to park their trailer they hauled their motorcycle on.   It was 88degrees out, so we came back to our air conditioned camper and cooled off.  We went for another walk  and stopped to visit Mel and Betty.  We sat inside their tent for a while, then left and were looking for Doug and Sue’s camper when Jay and Jane went by in their truck and offered to help us find them.  We said no, then walked more and couldn’t find it.  We stopped to talk to Bear and Tracy.  We met their son in law, Tim.  We  cut over to look ok where Bill thought the couple we were still looking for were.  I saw Jay and Jane driving back around and we told them we changed our mind and would love to ride with them.  We ended up going to where you first come in the campground and there were 5 RV spots way up on a hill we didn’t know about.  We were happy to finally find Doug and Sue, and very thankful for our ride there.  We visited for a while, then walked back to our camper.  Kathy called me and said they were here.  We took the Mackinac Bridge for our table and a couple of tubs full of decorations.  Kathy had some tablecloths from last year and had them on our table already and had really cute fall decorations and leaves on it too.  She used a couple of things out of the tubs with Míchigan on them.  Bill took the tubs back to our camper.  Then when he was done, we talked to our area reps and went and visited other people from states who n our region.  I especially was happy to see Stephanie and Eric who were our prayer partners one year and were the best prayer partners ever!    I talked with Rayleen and she said we have to come to her house to visit and we could even come tonight.  

We all prayed and ate great food, yummy desserts and ate lots off the amazing chocolate bar.  We visited more, than were too tired to go to Rayleen and Roger’s but jut came back to the camper and played 2 games of 3-13.  I won both games!