We are finally in Oregon! And, luckily, no one died of dysentery, none of our wagon wheels broke and we never killed more buffaloes than we could consume.
It’s great to be back in mountain country again. It’s humorous to look around here and think that we live in the “hill country.” New Braunfels is a lovely place, but our hills are put to shame by the magnificence all around up here.
We are staying with an old friend and his wife for the next two days. Barry was a friend when we lived in Australia and he met Penny who I believe was from Oregon and they now live up here. They are very lively people and are in the business of rescuing things. They have several horses and ponies, all with ailments ranging from fleas to cancer. There are also goats, chickens, dogs and rodents all with sob stories about how no one else wanted them. This really doesn’t really do much for me, but they also have a son named Chris whom they also rescued. Chris is about 26 years old and has severe mental disabilities. He doesn’t speak other than mumbles and he spends much time just rocking back and forth. However, we were doing devotions tonight and my dad sat down to play the piano. Penny brought Chris out and as we sang a couple hymns Chris smiled and rocked to the beat and even began to jump up and down. Someone that the world can only see with pity; a life that seems to void and meaningless still found joy and purpose in singing praises to the King of Kings.
Everyone is exhausted. The last few days have tried all of our patience and it was very noticeable during today’s drive. We are looking forward to being grounded for the next 30 hours or so and hopefully staying out of the car. We’ll be back on the road again soon though and then we are off to Portland. That is our real home away from home in this area.
The internet here is pretty slow, but I'll try to add some more pictures later.
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