The Third Leg - 

This leg consisted of Southern Idaho from Pocatello across southern Wyoming to Cheyenne and south to Denver to Colorado Springs and then over to Slat Lake. 

On my way to Denver I stopped by Aid For Friends Inc. 1984 in Pocatello, Idaho where I gave 250 copies of my book. The women I met there were extremely kind and helpful. I hope my book will touch the community of Pocatello through them. I appreciate their assistance in distributing "The Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day".

While I was in Colorado, my friend Bonnie and I went to The Crossing at Denver Rescue Mission where we met with Pastor Lon Gregg. He and Pastor Bill Roscoe, from the Boise Rescue Mission Ministries, worked together in forming the Harvest Farm Ministries in Denver. The Harvest Farm Ministries include men's rehabilitation, youth camp, corn maze and community outreach programs. We delivered 100 books to this ministry.

My friend Bonnie and I stopped by Springs Rescue Mission in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Thursday and met Pastor David Packiam where we dropped off 85 copies of Skies Are Not Cloudy All Day. He and I had a similar calling to drop everything to serve the Lord and that is how he came to Colorado Springs. It was very inspiring to visit with this kind man. He truly has a heart for the homeless. I was very fortunate to have Bonnie as my pilot in Denver. It made getting to these places so much less stressful and a little more fun. 

After church on Sunday I left Bonnie's place in Denver and headed back towards Boise to get more books. I still had a few in my truck so on the way I drove through Salt Lake City. Big cities stress me right out! It was Sunday night and it seemed like everyone and their dog was headed back into town at 90 MPH. My intention was to find a place to spend the night before getting into town but somehow fell into the middle of the stream of traffic and before you know it I was in downtown Salt Lake. 

There were roads going in all sorts of directions! I finally bailed off the interstate and saw a Ramada Inn. I went in to check out a room and the gal at the front desk was from Somalia. Her name was Rowda and she had a great sense of humor. I gave her a book to read through the night when it slowed down. She was able to get through half of it and left me a note saying that she really enjoyed it and asked for a few extra books to send back to her family. 

 8 o'clock traffic in Salt Lake kind of freaked me out a bit so I tried to get to the mission a little before the traffic got nuts. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the exit I took the previous night just so happened to be down the road between the two gospel missions! I was a bit early at the Rescue Mission of Salt Lake so I sat in on their morning bible study. That was quite enlightening and after listening to some of their comments I came away with a different perspective of what these people are going through. Chris Croswhite the executive Director of Rescue Mission of Salt Lake took 400 books to use in their ministry.

Afterwards I stopped by the Salt Lake City Mission a few miles away where pastor Wayne Wilson is the CEO along with his wife Monica. I visited with them for the better part of an hour and left 185 books with them to be used in their men's ministry as well as jail and prison ministries'.

Total number of books distributed on this leg was 1,720, A majority went to Rescue Missions, prison and jail ministry for both men and women to be distributed through their housing programs, addiction treatment programs, bible studies and for all around encouragement to let these people know that no matter where you are at Jesus is there with YOU and He loves YOU so much!.