OKC to Albuquerque

Hello from hot and dry Albuquerque. But I still have more to write about OKC. We ended up staying a day longer and were very happy to have another day with the saints there. We went to breakfast at the home of some of a couple there. The husband took Stan to his car wash that he owns and had the guys there hand wash the van at no charge. They also cleaned the floor of the cab with Armoral which made it very clean and shiny and also very slippery. So we are very careful when we get in and out of the van. Eventually it will wear off. After breakfast we then went to this brother's quick lube place and they changed the oil for us at the employees' discount. While we were waiting for the van to be done we walked next door to a place that was under construction. It is part of a chain of restaurant/grocery stores that is taking the OK area by storm. They have over 300 stores. The electricians were working on it and they do all of the stores so they took us on a tour of the place and explained that the guy who owns these stores raises all his own beef for the hamburgers and has dairy cows to make all the ice cream. He sells these things in the grocery section, too. So on our way to NM we stopped at the last "Braum's" before we left OK. It was a little early, but we had had a small early breakfast. We got some delicious hamburgers and a real chocolate malt made with real ice cream. It was fun to see the place completely built since it was exactly like the place we had seen the day before with just the framing and the roof.

But back to OKC. Our last night we went to dinner and a home meeting with a young family with 4 kids in the church there. We have known the brother/father since Great Falls, MT days. In fact the last time I had seen him he was about 8 years old. He has changed a lot since he is 34 now. It was nice seeing how he has matured in the Lord.

So back to our trip to NM. We stopped for gas after we got into NM and I went in to pay in advance since it wouldn't take our credit card outside. Stan filled up the van and I tried to pay for it with our credit card. But it wouldn't take the card. A lady working there said it was because we were travelling and that I should call them. So I went out to get my phone and before I could get back into the cashier my phone rang and it was the credit card company wondering if I was trying to use the card. It seems that they were getting nervous because we were definitely breaking our pattern of spending. So I told them our itinery and we are using our card again. Fortunately, I had given them my cell number before we left. I should have told them what we were doing, too. In times past when we travel, we have always bought airline tickets to the place we were using the card so they don't think anything of it. This time someone was just buying gas across the country. I have to call again to extend it in October since they only do it 3 months at a time. A lesson learned.

So we arrived in NM just in time for dinner. It is amazing how that works out everytime we go to a new place. We are staying with a couple here in the church. They live in a beautiful Mexican style home that brings back a lot of memories of my time in college in Mexico. We have our own wing in the house with a bedroom, bathroom and sitting room. Tonight we start the training meetings again and will be here until we finish on Sunday -- probably leaving on Monday morning. We still aren't clear about where we are going next since we have a 3 day gap. We just keep looking to the Lord. We might go to Denver. We will let you know as soon as we know.