Journey2Missions: Parmenter's Back in the Slammer

We set out on Saturday for an easy 5 hour drive from our house in Kalamazoo, MI to Aledo, IL so that we could be rested and ready to speak about missions Sunday morning (today) at Community Bible Fellowship . Well, about 45 min. outside of Aledo our engine sputtered to a halt and we were stranded on the side of the interstate.

Thankful for cell phones, I called Pastor Paully from CBF and he brought over a trailer onto which we pushed the car. Check my blog in a couple days for video. The plan was to drop us at pastor's house and then Pastor Paully was going to drop the car and trailer at the mechanics. On the way to his home he said, "We've made arrangements to put you up in a hotel here in town. It used to be the local jail, but now it's a bed and breakfast that the locals call The Slammer.

We had a great day today telling the folks at CBF about the Czech and also telling them about missions all over the world. It was an opportunity to encourage individuals to consider a career in full time missionary service.

After church today, we were informed that we needed a new fuel pump, and that it should be installed and ready to go by late afternoon on Monday. Happily, it looks the full costs of the repairs will be covered by the offering that folks at CBF took up this morning. We will be able to pay for the repairs in cash. How God provides. They are also working to provide us with meals.

So after a lunch at Doug's Diner, Michael has run off with Pastor Paully's boys to explore the woods, and Marge, Maryellen, and I are back in the slammer for another night.

Lord willing we will be home sometime Monday night. We'll repack and head for Calvary Baptist in Ludington, MI where we are speaking on Tuesday and Wednesday night.

We wanted to give this quick update so that you can remember to pray for us and . . . well. . . I've never stayed in a bed and breakfast that also once served as a jail.

Adam

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