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On the way to Illinois

On the way to Illinois
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My family and I were traveling to Illinois for Christmas this year to see family. Normally, it takes about 9 hours to get there.

This time it took a lot longer because of the snow.

The first day we about got stranded on the interstate, but thankfully the Lord was with us and we were able to get off on an exit and find a motel room. On the other side of the interstate people were stranded the whole night. We went to at least six motels and all were booked up. We got the last room at the seventh motel we stopped at.

The next day we had to go a different way because the interstate was still backed up. A tractor-trailer about ran us off the road on a two-lane highway, but the Lord was once again with us and we were able to swerve to miss hitting him.
We ended up going through Missouri to get to Illinois, driving 300 miles out of the way.

But the kids were good, we had a good visit with family, and we had a better trip on the way back home.

Christy Short
Lincolnton
Rutherford EMC

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