Driving down, I thought that I was lucky because I was headed east on I 26. On the other side of the highway, an 18 wheeler lay on its side across the 2 westbound lanes, with cars off the road on either side. The interstate was closed down, with traffic rerouted.
I wouldn't be headed back west for 5 hours, so I figured that it would be cleaned up by then. It was, but there was another accident by then. Happily, it wasn't as bad as the morning accident. Further up the road, another accident slowdown, even though it was cleared up and on the other side of the interstate.
I left campus a smidge early so that we had some extra time to get to Bristol for the fish fry at Faith Lutheran. By the time I got home, we just barely had enough time to get there--until we got to the next round of accidents. We were 20 minutes late--I got there in time to thank the first round of diners for coming.
We still had plenty of time to help out with the fish fry: we got there at 5:20, and the event was over at 7:00. Everyone was in good spirits, both the church volunteers and the community folks who came for a good meal and fellowship. It was a great night.
It's an interesting event: all the funds raised are for neighborhood charities, particularly the ones that feed people. It's less about evangelism: most of the people who come already have a church home. It's a small community, so many of the people know each other, both the church members and the diners. There are moments when I feel like I've fallen into a Norman Rockwell painting, and I mean that in the best possible way.
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