It's a rough job, but ...

(from Bobby)

I am back from a four-day reporting trip to Detroit and Canada. I met some wonderful Christian brothers and sisters at the Unity Events for Christ and got to interview Aaron and Jennifer Wilmoth for a separate feature story.

James Snow, pictured with his wife, Brenda, directed the Unity Event for Christ. He is minister of the Redford Church of Christ in Detroit.

This is Aaron and Jennifer Wilmoth, who lost their lower left legs in a tragic motorcycle accident about three months ago, with their son Hayden. They are members of the Gateway church in Southgate, Mich., and are relying on their faith as they recover from the physical and emotional scars.

Bright and early Monday, I traveled north of the U.S. border, visiting Canada for the first time. I enjoyed a great lunch with a group of ministers from Ontario and spent the night at the home of Art and Ruby Ford. Art is the minister of the Fennell Avenue Church of Christ in Hamilton, Ontario, and the former president of Great Lakes Christian College in nearby Beamsville. I met Art when he and I both stayed with Chuck and Ruth Ann Gibbs during the Ohio Valley University Lectureship in West Virginia earlier this year.

This is me with the ministers in Ontario. This is show how hard I worked (before you see the next picture of me).

Art and Ruby were such gracious hosts. I had roast, potatoes, green beans and corn on the cob for dinner. Oh, and cherry pie and vanilla ice cream for dessert. I think I like Canadian food! Then Art and Ruby took me to Niagara Falls about half an hour away to show me the sites. What a great time we had -- and what a great experience to spend time with them! I did get soaking wet from the Falls, but I loved it.


Listening to the radio driving in Canada, the big news seemed to be the decision by "American Idol" to add a fourth judge. That made me chuckle. :)