The Makings of a Fine, Country Song

It’s not very often that I talk to Allen or Trish and immediately think up a badly paraphrased country music song. In fact, up until today, it had never happened. But, now, I’m sitting here singing,

“On the road again! They just can’t wait to be on the road again. The life they love is haulin’ backpacks from their friends. Oh, they can’t wait to be on the road again!”

There should really be multiple verses to that little tune. There should be verses about speaking at churches, meeting up with friends, packing backpacks, and theoretically resting. But, alas, you’re going to have to come up with those lyrics yourself because my day is looking pretty full. Here’s some material to help you with your musical composition, though:

Allen said Trish has been “running around like a crazy person to meet up with as many friends as possible,” during her time in Maryland. Trish is a popular gal, and she only had a little more than a week to catch up with people, so it’s understandable her dance card would fill up quickly.

On Sunday, Trish went to the Sowers’ home church, while Allen headed off to a different church to speak. He was able to address both services and a Sunday school class. Allen and Trish were also able to speak at an AWANA program on their 2nd Wednesday in Maryland. Waylon and Willie, er, Allen and Trish, spent both of their Thursday evenings in Maryland packing up backpacks for the container.

From there, they left on Friday morning to meet up with some of those aforementioned friends in the Norfolk, Virginia area. They spoke at a church that Sunday before heading off for the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina in a rental car.

Riverdance B&B in North Carolina

The dynamic travelin’ duo is theoretically taking a couple of days to kick back and relax. Since discussing the contents of two blog posts was only one of about eight work related tasks on the agenda this morning, it’s not looking all that relaxing, though. They are getting to stay at a B&B in the mountains of North Carolina, at the Tennessee border. The owner of the B&B gives a discounted price to missionaries, so the opportunity was too good to pass up. They will also be taking a drive through the countryside for Trish to enjoy a sight she misses in Honduras--fall foliage!

This country music song in the making does not contain any pickup trucks, but the rental car will be driven to Atlanta, where it will be traded in for a Penske rental truck. So, there’s that. In Atlanta, they will be picking up 500 filled backpacks, 6000 notebooks, and the extra supplies sponsors who have already filled backpacks sent to Kim Hall.

Then, they will drive to Kingsland, Georgia to meet with a pastor about a possible future project with Sowers4Pastors. From there, they will go to Edgewater, Florida. At Edgewater Alliance Church, they will have a packing event on Friday night and Saturday. On Sunday, they will be speaking at Edgewater Alliance.

Please forward your finished verses to Trish. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the song.

- posted by Christi