Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - Convention Day 1

So I got up today at 5 and got ready to start my long drive to Cincinnati, OH for the National Missionary Convention. I was really excited to get there and see everyone from Haiti. I got on the road at about 5:45 and headed West on the PA turnpike for 163 miles. I had to stop 30 miles in to get some fuel and breakfast, which did not thrill me because turnpike prices are not the best. I found out that at some point on Tuesday I came across something that I was allergic to and it was making the hardest part of my trip really really difficult. I had to atop again 80 miles into my trip and at this point I was getting really annoyed because I am the type of driver that does not like to stop unless I need gas, so to have done it twice already was not cool. Oh well though because this second stop proved to be very effective at both waking me up the rest of the way and working the allergy attack out of my system. WOO-HOO, on the road again!!! So 5 highway changes and 380 miles later I pulled into a parking garage next to the convention center and since I got there and hour before you were allowed to start setting up I sat down at a little café and got some lunch and Janeil and did some emailing. I went over to the convention center around 2 and found our booth and waited for Janeil and Curtis to show up so we could start setting up. An hour and a half later they finally arrived, having had some difficulty getting out of the office. So we begin the process of building a model of a Haitian church. It was quite interesting because there were only three of us and this church is 20 by 8 and 10 feet tall. To witness this was quite interesting because no one has set this up before and we had no instructions for assembly. We worked until about 545 and then cleaned up and went to Parkside Church for a dinner for the missionaries and their families. It was very very good and Maureen was there and Elizabeth too. Liz was there because she goes to that church but Maureen was there for the dinner because she is helping the mission work the booth for the convention. On our way to the dinner I called the Mussers, who are the family that I am staying with, and let them know when I was going to be there and made sure I knew how to find their house. I had my first fly in the ointment on my way to their house, I ran out of gas. I came to find out that the gas needles on Chevys fluctuate so when I parked my car and thought I had enough gas to get to the house and that was not true. I called HA and he brought me some gas and I got to follow him to his house. Once we arrived at the house I spent about an hour catching up with HA and Ronda and Joel and then was way ready for bed. Peace.