Day 37: Sergeant Bluff to Sioux Center / Dordt College

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:52:44 +0000

My sleeping area in the gym ended up being under one of the big lights they left on overnight, which was somewhat unfortunate. I ended up not getting much quality sleep. Since Barb had gone home for the night with Eritia, she had a fun little Suburu that needed to be driven back to Sioux Center. Even thought it was a short day, we loaded up some water jugs into the back and I took it as an extra support vehicle. Ultimately there wasn’t much point, I only had one person stop to fill his water bottle.

My stop was right by a water tower, and a second water tower was under construction there. I talked to the foreman to get permission to set up my water stop there, and he told me about the project. If he had the proper number of workmen, the tower would take 80 work days to put up. Huge sections of shaped steel were on the ground, waiting to be lifted into position. A welder was at work on the scaffolding, securing the latest section. The current water tower was just for a few farms and for the ethanol plant down the road. These went through the full capacity of the current tower 6 times in a day, and the ethanol plant alone used 2 volumes worth of water.

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Days 7 and 14 : Celebration Services at Kennewick and Boise

admin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:10:58 +0000

Sunday was the third celebration service for the trip, while we were staying the weekend in Boise. The nine weeks of the trip are themed after the nine fruits of the Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5, although it sort of depends on the organizers of the celebration services as to how much that theme gets emphasized. This week, being the beginning of the third week of the tour, the theme was peace.

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Day 37: Sergeant Bluff to Sioux Center / Dordt College

Days 7 and 14 : Celebration Services at Kennewick and Boise