May 25, 1999

NEW TIRES

I had a pretty good night with the former president of the local Habitat affiliate in Alexandria, MN. I had crashed early and slept till around 6:30 a.m. While having breakfast, Ron asked me if I needed something for my bike. I told him that I somehow needed to get at least one tire replaced on the bike.

Ron excused himself and said that he would be back in a few minutes. I thought that he was going to see if there was a local bike shop but it turned out that he had just gone out into the garage. In his hands were two brand new cross tires.

Ron asked me if I could use them. He had bought them for his bike but he never used them. I didn't really know how to express my gratitude. The tires were my bike's size and they were eighty pounds pressure.

Ron told me to just think of them as a present from ADONAI. He offered to take me into town to a gas station so that I could put them on.