November 4, 2012
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Meeting Friends at TFC’s Toledo Chapel
Thursday, November 1
Our destination for Thursday evening was TA Travel Center, Perrysburg (Toledo), Ohio, where TFC has a chapel.
It is a delight for us to pull into a truck stop and see a TFC chapel.
It’s even more delightful to meet with our chaplains. In this case it was Lead Chaplain Wayne Dunlap. We called the day before, so he was expecting us.
Cerwin noticed that our trailer lights were still on and left the chapel to turn them off. On the way back he noticed a rig with a very long sleeper, and thought the trailer looked familiar.
He was correct. It was the John Rissler family with their brand new tractor. Cerwin thinks he remembers John saying that the sleeper is 120 inches long.
John sent the two youngest boys to the chapel to see if I would recognize them. I did recognize them and was so surprised!
Riley and Jaylyn were anxious to show me their new home.
Riley, Cerwin, John, and Jaylyn.
They recently purchased this and are still in remodeling mode. I hope it is finished by next year’s truck rally so I can photograph the interior.
Kyrell and Karen.
The mirrored area on the right is their bathroom/shower. My favorite part is the top bunks that go up and down with the push of a button. Karen said they are a great place to put all their bedding.
I agree that they needed a bigger “house” as they spend most of their time on the road and homeschool their boys.
As John went to pay the fuel bill, he asked Karen if she would pull the truck forward so the rig didn’t block the next truck, and the boys headed for the chapel.
Hey, ladies, how would you like to pull this forward or drive it on the road?
No problem for Karen!
She and John are team drivers – meaning they take turns driving.
They came to the chapel for a short visit. By this time Chaplain Wayne’s wife, Lynne, (right) had arrived to join us for supper.
I love this family and it blessed my heart to meet them on the road. We held hands and prayed God’s blessing on them before they headed east.
We enjoyed a wonderful meal and evening with Wayne and Lynne in the truck stop restaurant, then went back to our own traveling home where we crawled into our bunks and fell asleep to the sweet rumble of the engine.
Comments (8)
And I complain when I have to drive Jim’s Tahoe!!
@piecedtreasures - I don’t even like to drive our van.
Do you leave a tractor attached to all the chapels, or is this unusual (first & second photos)?
@slmret - There are several with tractors – usually because someone has a one they want to donate to the ministry. It makes the rig complete, but many places do not have room for a tractor.
I see — it’s wonderful that there is a place to make excellent use of old rigs!
You ever listen to Red Sovine? He had some really good messages….and a trucker, to boot !
@Want2FitIn2Fat2Fit - I am familiar with Red Sovine and his songs. I haven’t thought about him for awhile.
How fun to see someone we know. We met the Risslers in CA in June of 2011.
I don’t mind driving a big vehicle but that would be way too big for my taste.
Great news about your grandson Ian’s acceptance of Christ.