DAY NINE c, WEEK TWO,  Wednesday, September the 14th of 2011! 

Trey's Trek cont... 

Change?  What change

After connecting with Becky at the Motor Home in Beaverton, MI the day was well spent and she drove us up M-18 to the Assembly of God Church in Gladwin, MI.  That was where we were to spend the night and we were to be involved in presenting the ministry in Dearborn and praying for our church there.  

Life in Northern Mid Michign seems to run at a slower pace than what governs the 'speed of life' in the Metro Area of Detroit!  The sign above shows that pace!  Even though automobiles are used here...they must 'move over' for the buggys and horses that traverse the area!   But I did get 'tickled' when I read the smaller white sign down on the left sign post.  It says "NO STOPPING  STANDING  PARKING"  Now is that for the horse or the driver?  

The next morning after spending the night in Gladwin, Becky drove me back to Beaverton to start where we left off  our walk the evening before.

This morning not like the others was a bit 'chillier' so I donned my winter coat to start with and later abandoned it as sun crossed the sky.  

Also there was a very nice young man at the church who was at the meeting last night that after hearing us speak desired to walk with us today!

As I was speaking in the Service, this young man had an "Alabama" hat that was (sittin' on his head!)   That was enough to get my attention and we struck up an conversation! Not many in the North know about the Crimson Tide...  Come to find out, he really was from Alabama which was nice... But that still does not mean I gotta like his hat!  

Anyway!  He wanted to walk with me and that he did!  I was really appreciative of his company!  We talked about Alabama and family matters and we harassed each other about Auburn and Alabama!  That was kinda fun! ... 'Way up North in Michigan',  no one really knows about such thangs as "down South"  SEC Football and what it means to Southern Reality!  It can even seem like, "Life and Death"  at times but when the dust settles, rivals are really blood relatives!  

Like when that huge tornado went through Tuscaloosa, Alabama a couple of years ago (where the University of Alabama is located) and the whole Auburn University Football Team loaded up in a bus and traveled to Tuscaloosa and aided the town in a massive clean up after a 'mega tornado' that was reported to be almost a mile wide at it's base, destroyed so much in town.  It was a heart rending time for everyone but "warriors" that did battle on the grid iron dropped their differences to actually aid their athletic arch enemy in what mattered most in life!   "Doing to others as you would have them do to you."   Those words are from Jesus and have been labeled as "The Golden Rule!"   In this case if you have the "Gold" you "Rule!"  

With my feet on the Ground

Simply Trey