disappointment

We awoke with a phone call from Pastor, saying he had someone lined up for us to help. We went to the office to talk with the secretary who called the elderly couple letting them know we were coming. The man became livid, refusing our help. We went back to the coach and ate some cereal. We then took a walk around the nearby neighborhood, surveying the damage up close. We then drove to the welcome center and picked up Texas maps and a guide book. On the way back, I stopped at a Mobil station to get fuel for $2.19. We had decided to do the laundry while we were waiting for a phone call from Pastor. He had gone to the circuit meeting and planned to talk with some of the other pastors in the area. We went to the dirtiest Laundromat we had ever seen. We did get the clothes cleaned though. By this time it was time for lunch of sandwiches. We decided to move on west rather than sit around hoping for an assignment. We packed up the coach and drove back to the Mobil station to fill the coach. We went back to the church and hooked up, leaving for the west. We drove through Beaumont which did not look as damaged as had Orange. Of course, we may have been in the wrong area of town. We drove on to the west on FM 105 through Cleveland. I wanted to go a bit farther so we pushed on to Conroe. By this time it was dark, rainy (we had not experienced any real rain for many weeks), and we were looking for a Wal-Mart that was listed in the Atlas. We drove through Conroe and thought we must have missed the one we were looking for. But the Lord was good and we found the destination. We had chili Evelyn had made in NC and retired early. Doing nothing wears us out.