Blogs from Waterloo, Iowa, United States, North America
As many of you already know, Rich has accepted a call to be the senior pastor at Shawnee Baptist Church in Shamong, NJ. August 15 was our last Sunday at Walnut Ridge Baptist Church and after the morning service, we had a farewell. Here are a few pictures from that day.... read more
Thursday, Star Date who cares. Charles Lake to Waterloo “I can’t drive 55!” Sammy Hagar - “if only” jss Actually this was a great day. We got up early anticipating the longest day of the week, 82 miles. Fortunately we found a short cut to our hosts, the Kimball Ave. Methodist Church, which made it 73 miles. We left Charles City and essentially heading south all day. The first two towns were 19 miles and then an additional 22 miles. Parkersburg was the second and the “meet up” town for the day. Each day there is a designated town where teams can have their support people meet them and or it is the place where everyone stops to party. Saw two guys riding the old fashioned bikes today. Have I mentioned that Ragbrai is also a ... read more
It was wonderful to have Sara Jo, Nathan and Breanna here for two weeks. We were able to take Nathan to the Waterloo Playhouse and the Museum in Dubuque which he really enjoyed. He fell in love with Papa and wanted to go with him everywhere. It involved transferring the car seat from car to car, but it was worth it. Breanna won everyone's heart with her smile. Needless to say we miss them.... read more

















