Delayed Start!

Woody got up early as usual. He woke me up when he thought that it was time to get things into the car. We got the car loaded and then we headed to church. This was a very special day for the Dorrell's. Abigail and Joy were baptized at the early church service by their daddy. Two very sweet moments to start our day. After the church service we went to Sunday School. Woody taught his class. I got out to the car first, but couldn't get in as we only have one key for this car and Woody had it. When Woody got to to the car, he couldn't get the key to unlock either of the doors. This a problem that we have from time to time...but we didn't need it today! The above picture is Nathan, Elijah, Graham, and Abigail coming to our aid. But to no avail...we tried the key in both doors and turned the key both ways in both doors...still "no go!" So Nathan decided to go back to our houses and go into our house and get the key to the trunk and then come back and let Graham go into the car through the trunk. While we were waiting for their return, both Woody and I continued to try to unlock the door. Our deacon came out and I said that maybe he could help us...Woody told him to just pray that we could get in so we could get on our way...and shortly after that the passenger door finally unlocked! Quick answer to prayer! We hopped in the car and were off. I called Nathan and Kathy and told them they could cancel their trip back to the church. So...our start was delayed about ten minutes. We will NOT be locking the car doors the rest of the trip!

We finally found a place to stay the night...a long stretch of highway without places to stay near the road. We're not sure that we will be able to find our way back to Interstate 81 from all the winding around that we did to get to where we are staying. We are in Lexington, VA (we think!). We traveled about 450 miles today. The last 100 miles in the dark...not Woody's favorite time of day to drive.

We need to be at NIH by noon for Woody's lab work. We have 200 miles to travel to get there...so barring any problems along the way we should be able to get there before noon.

So...a drive of 200 miles to NIH (Bethesda, MD) for lab work and CT scans tomorrow. I'll report in from Bethesda tomorrow night...as Woody would say..."The good Lord willing!"