JUL 08, 1994

CHRISTIAN BUMPERSTICKER

It was a tough time heading north along I-15 on the way to Pocatello, ID. The spoke that I had snapped in Utah had snapped again. The wobble of the rear wheel wasn't really that bad but it was causing me some problems.

A couple of miles south of Arimo a van pulled off the interstate in front of me. This had happened quite often and most times the driver was pulling off to check their map or switch drivers but the lady driver pulled me over too. I thought that it was quite unusual in an area where there were a lot of Mormons to see a Christian sticker on the rear bumper of the van. It read "JESUS IS LORD". The first thing the lady asked me if I was a Christian because of the cross that I had sewn onto my safety vest.

I told her that I was a missionary. She thought that this was great and asked me if I needed anything. I told her that I needed to get the broken spoke repaired and the rim retrued. The lady said that she didn't have much money with her but all that she had I could have. In a handshake she slipped thirteen dollars. What was so interesting about this amount was that when I stopped at a bike shop in Pocatello this was the exact amount that I needed for the repairs.