Thursday 21/4/05

Another 70 mile ride today, this one apparently with no hot shower in sight, camping in a town park! I say apparently this is not what happened though, we neglected to read the addenda to our maps which told us we could stay at the first bapist church in Sebree. What an amazingly pleasant suprise we got when we got there. We turned up unannounced on the doorstep at about 4.30 in the afternoon and found the Pastor, Bob sitting outside he said we were in the right place talking to the right person and took us to the community centre to the rear of the church which was brand spanking new and amazing. We had a really nice hot shower a mattress to sleep on a full kitchen in which to cook had we needed to and to put the icing on the cake a 52" widescreen TV to watch! This was not the best thing about it though, Bob and his wife Violet were two of the most wonderful, generous selfless people we have ever come across, I mean they just radiated goodness (sorry guys you will probably be embarrassed to read this but its true). Violet insisted on giving us tea, and we ate very very well, great home cooking with the two of them, their daughter in law and two small grandchildren. Bob popped out for a while and came back with a homeless guy who looked in a bad way, who was trying to make it to somewhere in Tenesse after loosing his job somewhere in Illinois I think and they took him in, fed him then gave him 10 bucks and some sandwiches to help get him there. These guys were the definition of pure christian goodness, a true inspiration.