Jeff's Journal

The Walk for the Well raised over $4,000 on Sunday.

   There will be more contributions to come from

      churches and individuals.

About 40 people walked up to The Well

   met the staff and walked on into

   the neighborhood up past Shorter Chapel

   Church on Chapel Street, then to 2nd.

Along the way these things happened:

   1.  One person turning off of Lilleston

        by the creek said, "I never knew this

        was here." (Goal one accomplished)

   2.  Four little boys playing softball in their

        front yard, stopped to pet Buck

        Woodford's retrievers. Their mother

        yelled and waved. She was the lady

        who takes our order at Arby's.

   3.  A few folks from Shorter Chapel

        stayed and greeted us as we walked

        by. You could over hear them say

        excitedly, "Here they come!'

   4.  A little boy lost his soccer ball in a

        drainage basin. We retrieved it for

        him while he repeatedly said,

        "Thank you sir, thank you sir."

   5.  People talked to each other

        and gained a greater appreciation

       for the work of the Bourbon County

       Ministerial Association.

   6.  There were three churches who

        provided water/hospitality stations

        for the walkers.

Some observed that I routed them uphill

   all the way, and they were partially right.

   I will have to rethink the route next time.

Thanks to Kay Denniston who led the effort

   at FCC to raise funds and enlist walkers.

Thanks to all who contributed.

Grace and peace,

Jeff