After the bike ride – Installment Ten
When I arrived home in Hughson, there was a letter waiting for me from Dr. Dobson. Remember, I had handed him a hand written note describing some of the high points of the ride in Northern California. I will type the letter here for you to read. It was dated July 31, 2002, two days after we left Colorado.
Dear Mrs. Fuller:
Warm greetings to you! John Fuller has passed along the letter and stories that you handed to him after our special broadcast taping on July7 26th. It was great to have you with us for our 25th anniversary celebration - I hope you enjoyed your time in Colorado Springs!
I appreciate the time you took to share about your participation in the Northern California leg of the National Bike Ride for the Family. The Bike Ride has been an exciting endeavor for all of us here at
Focus - and the enthusiastic involvement of people like you has formed the core of the entire event. I'm pleased to know that the experience was a positive and enriching one for you. The Ride team tells me that you pitched in on Saturday the 27th to help at one of the rest stops for the Silver Century Ride; I trust you were able to make it back to our campus for the finish line event. Seeing more than 250 cyclists riding up the Focus driveway through that roaring crowd was an experience I'll not soon forget!
Thanks again for you supportive interest in Focus's ministry and for "everything" you do for us. Come see us again! God's richest blessing to you and your family.
Sincerely,
James C. Dobson, Ph.D.
President
P.S. Shirley and I are especially gratified by your comments about Ryan - we're very proud of him.
Tomorrow, I will begin to put down in words what this entire journey meant. Was it just a single bike ride to finish and forget? Or was there more to it than that?
When I arrived home in Hughson, there was a letter waiting for me from Dr. Dobson. Remember, I had handed him a hand written note describing some of the high points of the ride in Northern California. I will type the letter here for you to read. It was dated July 31, 2002, two days after we left Colorado.
Dear Mrs. Fuller:
Warm greetings to you! John Fuller has passed along the letter and stories that you handed to him after our special broadcast taping on July7 26th. It was great to have you with us for our 25th anniversary celebration - I hope you enjoyed your time in Colorado Springs!
I appreciate the time you took to share about your participation in the Northern California leg of the National Bike Ride for the Family. The Bike Ride has been an exciting endeavor for all of us here at
Focus - and the enthusiastic involvement of people like you has formed the core of the entire event. I'm pleased to know that the experience was a positive and enriching one for you. The Ride team tells me that you pitched in on Saturday the 27th to help at one of the rest stops for the Silver Century Ride; I trust you were able to make it back to our campus for the finish line event. Seeing more than 250 cyclists riding up the Focus driveway through that roaring crowd was an experience I'll not soon forget!
Thanks again for you supportive interest in Focus's ministry and for "everything" you do for us. Come see us again! God's richest blessing to you and your family.
Sincerely,
James C. Dobson, Ph.D.
President
P.S. Shirley and I are especially gratified by your comments about Ryan - we're very proud of him.
Tomorrow, I will begin to put down in words what this entire journey meant. Was it just a single bike ride to finish and forget? Or was there more to it than that?
Hello dear Barb:-)
ReplyDeleteI've just read your last few posts to get caught up and as usual, found them all so interesting. Such a wonderful letter you received from Dr. Dobson and it really must had made you feel good to have been a part of it all.
I don't think this whole journey was just a bike ride to finish and forget, I have no doubt it meant a lot more than that. I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts on it. xoxo