We began with a celebration. Our church has a newly completed tin roof. I can't imagine putting a roof on a building when the first task is to find a ladder. Dad was finally able to find a ladder in town that could be borrowed/rented for a minimal fee.
We also had several special program elements to our service, with presentations of different certificates of completion and Communion. Church lasted nearly four hours. Once church ended, we had the usual chit chat outside of the church. After that, we headed to the car to go home for lunch, only to see this:
Clearly, lunch was a little bit delayed. I thought it was wonderful that several of the church men, all in their Sunday best, didn't hesitate to help change the tire. Eventually, the younger generation became curious and came over to check out the action.
The spare was put on with minimal difficulty, but the spare needed air because it has a slow leak. So, we went back to town and stopped at one place to see if the damaged tire could be fixed. Then we went a second place, because apparently we stopped at the wrong place and needed to go further down the road. The guys at the second place told us the tire cannot be fixed, but they were able to put air in the spare tire for us.
The only challenge is that Dad was to be leaving early Monday morning to go north for a week of teaching with a group. Most places are closed on Sundays. It's really foolish to drive anywhere around here without a spare. So, he woke up a little earlier on Monday and left the city a little later in order to get a new tire. A new tire here costs about $290. Isn't that insane???? We have asked around about the price, but that does seem to the standard price. It would be possible to get a "used" tire, but given how rough the roads can be, I doubt there would be much benefit.
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