“But
Mr. Hesler now! I heard his step in the
church yesterday noon & knew that’s what it was – then his face appeared –
young, earnest, clean & healthy looking.
I nearly hugged him & he has been just like we dreamed. I had almost forgotten about preachers who
know what’s going on and really take an interest in their people and have good
constructive ideas. He’s not better than
average probably, but he seemed heavenly to us….
“After
waking up – Sleep is a marvelous invention.
I am much encouraged now. We had
cokes with the lady & fed the dog cookies.
This better be as good as week in all respect as the people we’ve met so
far. I think I can even write the thank
you notes to Cuba now – after I read the funnies, which I haven’t read since I
left home.”
--
Letter from my mother, California, Mo., to his father and sister, Hutchinson,
Kans., July 14, 1946. The Youth Caravan
was a program in which teams of Methodist young adults travelled for two months in the summer to
several churches in a region away from their home, staying with church members,
and helping the churches improve their youth programs.
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