The visit with 2/3 of the Beeli boys

Friday we were off to Lexington around 9.  We went, as planned, into Tennessee on fumes.  Gas is so much cheaper there and causes me to drive with white knuckles.  We left gas at $3.33 but found $3.19 at our first opportunity which happened to be next to the Russell Stover outlet store.  Actually we were headed to both locations.  We bought a large bag of chocolates and went on.  We went for an hour before going to a McDonald’s for breakfast.  We arrived at the motel around 3 but didn’t go to UK until after 4:30.  We took about half an hour locating Andrew who was playing Frisbee on a field we couldn’t find.  Finally we met each other and went to the field where we had originally looked to watch him practice with his flag football team.  We had brought our camp chairs along and sat on them, facing the sun while we watched.  We transferred our box of goods to him, and he took it to his room.  He has a food card that expires each month and is renewed at the beginning of the ensuing month.  He had enough left to buy our supper.  After that we returned to our room.  I had chosen a very nice Comfort Inn on the south side of town.  Evelyn was very pleased because the room was large and clean.

Saturday we went back to campus after noon to meet Noah coming from Columbus.  We waited with Andres and met him in a parking garage.  It was a home football weekend at UK, and we were concerned about finding parking places.  We were relieved to learn that Kick-off was not until 7.  We transferred the many items we had gathered up for Noah.  He seemed to want all of the items that might help him set up housekeeping.  The boys passed the Frisbee around before Andrew took us on a tour of the campus.  While touring we happened to meet the president of the university.  He was very personable and talked with us a few minutes.  We continued and met other friends Andrew has made.  Most of them belong to the Navigators with him.  It is good to meet so many Christian young men.  Andrew and Noah played a short game of Ultimate Frisbee while we watched.  We had thought we would have a lunch but were still waiting at 4.  Finally we went to a local college hang out called Ramsey’s that happened to be full of alumni waiting for kickoff.  We had a good meal and conversation about what the boys were doing, especially Noah since Andrew had given us a tour. He attends a home church and helps with an inner city mission in addition to working with his heating and AC business.  We are impressed with the things they are doing.  We went off looking for a place where Andrew could get a haircut but found nothing open.  we then went to Trader Joe’s.  I nearly got us broadsided by 2 cars because I had misjudged the speed of a 3rd car.  Thankfully the Lord was merciful and nothing happened.  We had bought some things, especially ice cream, and took it back to the motel to eat and let the boys swim in our pool before taking them back to campus.

We picked up the young men and went to a neighborhood Baptist church to worship our Lord.  The service was more animated than we are accustomed to but very uplifting.  The message was also different but nice to consider.  We had not slept well last night (Evelyn didn’t sleep until after 1 and I had wakened at 4:45 before just getting up to dress for the day), so we told our grandsons that we wanted to leave for NC early.  We took them to lunch but didn’t eat because we had eaten a large breakfast and weren’t hungry.  We knew we would have to stop for a nap on our way home.  We went as far as south KY before I pooped out.  We stopped and slept for nearly half an hour.  We stopped at a Hardees and then drove on.  We talked about selling our house in Texas this coming winter but will have to leave that to the Lord’s will.  We were home by 7:30, made popcorn and unpacked before going to bed.