On Tuesday we left A-B College very early to make our way to the Capitol Building in Charleston, WV. There a press conference was being held about mountaintop removal mining. The plan was that we would listen to the press conference and then leave soon after to go to Kayford Mountain to see mountains that had been mined by mountaintop removal. But, as often happens, things did not go according to plan!
Lamar found a large “bump” on one of the tires and we determined that it would not be safe to drive anymore with the tire like that. We were lucky that we hadn’t blown the tire already! We stopped and had lunch on the lawn of the capitol building while Lamar & Colleen took the van to have the tire changed. Everything went off without a hitch and we only lost about 1.5 hours of time.
As I told the youth, I honestly believe that God was watching over us. Even though we were hot and sweaty in our long pants in the heat it turned out to be a minor annoyance instead of a major catastrophe. We should be truly thank for God’s provision and blessing in that situation. Thank you for your prayers for our safety.
More to come about our trip to the mountain and our time with DAWG to come soon!
