It took us about five miles to get out of Shreveport and back into Texas. And the first thing we ran into? Construction, of course. But Chris was ever the trooper. She drove right in and didn’t stop until we realized we needed gas. Forgot to check that before we left Shreveport. We found a station in plenty of time somewhere near Tyler.
Siri
discovered a route got us that shunned the interstates once again, so plenty of
small towns were on the docket. Some were on the paper map. Others were hidden
in the spirals of the map book spine. Still others didn’t exist at all on
paper. Like … did you know there was a Silver City in Texas? It lies between
Oak Valley and Dawson. But don’t blink. You’ll miss it. We did.
We
arrived in Waco around 12:40, so we went straight to Jason’s Deli for some
lunch. Then we strolled around Target just to get a few steps in. When we
pulled up to Josh’s house, Zak was the only one there. Everybody else was in
the midst of a typical, crazy-busy day. Soccer, basketball, and the like.
I
managed to snag a ride with Zak and Luke when they left for Zak’s basketball
tryouts. It was interesting to watch a
coach’s tryout session when he has a completely different basketball philosophy
from me. They had a lot of boys trying
out, though, so they should have a pretty good pool to draw from.
I
have to confess that I snuck in my phone so I could watch the Astros game
during the tryouts. Go Astros. How about
that Yordan? Speaking of my phone, we put it into use later back at the house.
Baylor’s football team was playing, but they couldn’t get the feed on their
TV. So we called it up on my phone, did
a little screen sharing, and voila! The
joys of modern technology. Of course,
Josh had to show me how to do it …
James 5:16 says, “Therefore confess your
sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer
of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
Father,
it is good to be back in Texas. Thanks for your protection on this journey. Amen.
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