Transmission Trouble

Hello Prayer Team!

I hope as I write this that you are doing well and that you are finding that the joy of the Lord is truly your strength even as you encounter challenges.

Last Friday afternoon, I picked up Dustin in Beaverton and we drove to meet with the tour bus in nearby Tualatin so that we could ride with our compadres the rest of the hour-long drive to McMinnville for our performance for Bethel Christian School. It turns out that on the way to meet with us, Road manager/baritone Luke Coles and Bass Joshua Wheeler both heard a strange noise in the bus. After picking us up and heading out of Tualatin we pulled out of an intersection and the transmission just seemed to give way as the bus slowed to a stop. We jumped out to push the bus, affectionately known as "Ginger", to the curb. Over and Luke got in contact with our amazing mechanic, Dirk and soon after, he was on his way to rescue... Rescue. Dustin ran back to my van and we were able to get most of us to McMinnville (there was also a huge traffic problem originating 45 minutes south of us that was diverting I-5 all of the way through McMinnville which slowed us to a crawl). Long story short, the equipment trailer got towed to McMinnville, we had the second quickest setup in Rescue history and although the show started a bit late, we had a really nice time singing to some really great people.

On Sunday we sang at a devotional service for the Newmar Kountry Club International RV Rally held at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem. There were big beautiful RV's as far as the eye could see. During the performance Luke mentioned the troubles that we were having with the tour bus and he quipped, "...So, if anyone knows of an RV we could use...."

I guess it doesn't hurt to ask.