We sang this morning at Crossroads FWBC in Wentzville, MO today up near St. Louie and enjoyed a great service with many friends there. On the way up it was pretty windy but on the way home we just needed a sail. With Captain Dixon at the wheel we were driving 65-70 mph directly into winds beating into the front of the bus that were easily 40+ mph. That’s a lot of movement clashing.
Galen directing the hired help.
In addition, we were trying to leave some windows open to enjoy a nice spring day on the way home, 85 degrees or so. So, the pressures inside the bus from three open windows started pushing things around. Yup! It’s true, the crazy windshield started to come out of its seal and the frame on the passenger side right in front of Scott. It was not coming in at us but was being forced out from the inside pressures from the windows being open. So, Gary and Scott held it in while Galen drove very slowly on the shoulder until the first truck stop we could pull into at Rolla.
Gary aka “Red Green” went to work on it with his multi-tool and got the seal to reform around the glass. So, after everyone loaded back on we were off again. Things were going well until we got almost to Lebanon went it did it again. So as you will see in these pictures below we had to operate on it again. (did you notice the dual purpose use we now have for our speakers?)
Mic Cord Installation
So, here we are on an off ramp at the Stoutland exit trying to figure out how to keep the glass in a little longer this time. Gary and Doren come up with “it!” We have an old microphone cord that just doesn’t work anymore so, it is recycled into a windshield seal. The gasket that holds the windshield in really needs a silicone cord made specifically for this purpose but since we didn’t have one Doren and Gary start to install the mic cord. As they could only tuck just an inch or two at a time we were beside the road this time about an hour. Once this was successfully installed by our “Certifiable Professionals” we were back on the road with Scott carefully watching for movement of the glass.
Of course for Doren and I that meant only a few more miles to Lebanon were we had met the bus this morning. Then we would be in his truck headed back to Marshfield while Galen, Teresa, Scott and Gary drove on back to Hartville. They would have to truly “test test” the seal on the mic cord fix. Success!!!
Those of you that know the group very well, know that there have been many challenges over the last 25 years that the Calvarymen have experienced. Some of those things have been painful losses and some were harmless events like today. Regardless, he is Lord and in control. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.
The New Guy
The Calvarymen had an awesome evening with Neosho Missouri’s KENO 91.7 FM at their annual Listener Appreciation night. Since they first started broadcasting in 1986, the station has had continuous growth and they are obviously a shinning light in the 4 state area with all of the Christian programming they provide.
