Oops,….on my blog of last night I said we would be in Michigan tonight. I was incorrect. We are camping tonight as scheduled at Indiana Dunes State Park. We had a pretty easy day today, only about 54 miles. On the route we stopped at 3 different CR churches for snacks, encouragement, and a full lunch again. People along the way are treating us like royalty. What a lot of hospitality. Then when we got to our camping area, the Crown Point CR church had all kinds of home baked goodies for us.
Trinity College was a great host to us yesterday and last night. They had a brief send off service for us this morning at 8:00 a.m. It as really done well. A local Pastor Kooy’s word struck me this morning that our tour is really about “taking the church to the streets”. Now and challenged us to continue that after the tour.
We really do have times to interact was ordinary people. At a refreshment stop at an outdoor café in the city of Woodstock the other day, a couple people gave $20 each after hearing what our group was doing.
The last couple days you would never know that we were near the city of Chicago. We passed well to the south and west to miss the most urban of area. Today we rode in groups of 6 or more as we were in a little more impoverished areas. One group took an alternate route today to swing past Roseland Christian school. My route today had some of it on the Calumet Bike Trail. We passed through an area in Lake County Indiana that had a bad wind storm just 2 days ago and slight tornado touchdowns. There were many trees blown down and some roofs damaged.
Julie and I both were in camp by mid-afternoon and we had time to go to the Lake Michigan beach here and take a refreshing swim.
Tomorrow, we do get into Michigan and stop at South Haven on a 74 mile day.
We are getting closer to HOME!!
Love to all, P & J.
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WELCOME HOME TO MICHIGAN!......and the same time zone.
Can't wait to see you this weekend.
Rick and Bonnie
Pete & Julie,
Just catching up after several days and am really excited for you getting close to home. I bet you'd like this to be the "finish line".
Your endurance is really impressive. What an experience! We continue to thank the Lord for your safety and strength to endure.We'd like to see you on Sunday, but we're waiting to see if Nels feels good enough to go. If we don't come, be assured our thoughts and prayers will be there for you. Keep pedaling and we'll keep praying that you can finish the race you set out to do, all in the name of Christ for the poor and hungry of the world.
God's blessings to you both.
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