<div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">MON OCT 06</span></b><u><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> Unitarian
Universalist Church, Cleveland Heights to UMC in Macedonia, OH</span></u><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial">Dave Finnegan
answered my email immediately overnight. He’s been looking for assistance in
the Cleveland area! And now he has it. When Rachel asked about breakfast, the
evening before, I suggested that we have granola. She was delighted. I got the homemade granola out of the box from Heidi. Peter had been working on a PowerPoint
presentation the night before and didn’t have breakfast with us. Rachel took
Cocoa (Labrador Retriever) for an early morning walk. I looked at the map I had
on my phone for Bicycle that Rachel found for me. I copied the route down on
paper so I could look at it on the trip without having to pull
my phone out. Rachel came back from the walk and was ready to take me to the
church. She woke Peter so we could say goodbye. He came down in a shirt and tie ready for work </font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">(Geriatric MD)</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">. I told him we had granola for breakfast and
offered him some. He declined. We shook hands and I thanked him for the
Home-stay. Rachel helped me load my belongings and we drove off to the church.
Shortly after we departed Rachel’s phone rang. It was Peter. He told her that I
had left my box on the table. Rachel returned, picked up the box, and informed
me that Peter had some granola after all! I’ll share the rest with the March at
breakfast time. When we got to the church I unloaded my gear, thanked Rachel with a hug. Since I had the route I headed for Macedonia. The bike route directions
were much simpler than the March route. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial">When I
arrived at the Church I introduced myself. I indicated I was early because I
was riding my bike. They asked if I wanted to put my bike inside. I said “Yes”.
One reason is security; the second is weather. I picked a room downstairs and
near a door to the Gear truck. There was a Jazzercize class in the auditorium
adjoining the kitchen so we couldn’t have dinner until 7:15. There were at
least 10 new Marchers. Since they come and go, I find it difficult to remember
names. There were several long ‘announcements’
that took dinnertime until 8:15. There were 2 meetings after dinner. One to get a
consensus on the actions that the March should take in WDC, and the other to
reflect on the impact the March has had on us as individuals.</font></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div>
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