Hi everyone
Yesterday we woke up at the Walmart in Palm Springs and went grocery shopping. It's so convenient to have that right there when you wake up. Then we got on the 10 freeway into Arizona. At about 3:00 we were driving and Jeff said, "We just passed a gem show do you want me to turn around?" "Of course I do" I told him so he did. We pulled into a dirt parking lot/flea market area. It was quite a sight for sore eyes. Apparently they have a rock ,mineral & gem show from Dec- Feb. So people come from all over the country in their trailers & motor homes and set up tables and tents with their stuff to sell. Wow pretty cool but very funky. One old guy in his 80's had his lapidary shop set up and was polishing rocks out of his 1960s beat up trailer. Another younger long haired hippie like guy had his dog tied up outside he collected all his rocks and polished them himself and said that's why he could keep them at such low prices.He gave Jordan a free fossil. Then we walked over to a quartz crystal place and I picked through and got 5 for 1 dollar. The crystal was from Arkansas they had huge chucks for up to thousands of dollars beautiful stuff. Jordan also got a little one for free. And then we passed one old man like in his 90's he was sitting out by his glass collection he had for sale. He had about every color of depression glass and ceramics nick nacs. The funny thing about him was he had a huge bran new motor home and trailer like the ones we dream about having. He definitely didn't wrap all his glass up every night so I said he probably sat outside with a gun. Some people had been there since Dec and most had left leaving some of their junk behind like aluminum siding. If you didn't know already I have been making jewelry. So I got some turquoise at a very good price some rough pendants for like 2 bucks and some polished for 4. So that was definitely a good find.
Then I called a friend to see if we could meet up she is living with her parents in Good year Az. I met her in the grocery store in Colorado Springs when we were in our DTS with YWAM. We became close she has a son Jordan's age. She has gone through a lot in the last few months including a divorce and now fighting for custody of her son. I had encouraged her to seek God which apparently someone had already led her through the sinners prayer but then she knew no Christians and her husband was not to thrilled about her even talking about God in his house. Anyway it was good to see her again and now she is attending a church and bible study has a new job as a nurses assistant. But she needs lots of prayer. I'll ask her if I can say her name so you guys can pray. Jordan and her son also got to play some games at peter Piper pizza last night until 9:30pm.
Jeff then drove to Tucson where we again slept at a Walmart This morning when we went in to buy some water I noticed signs all over that said NO OVERNIGHT RV PARKING OOPS.
We are now driving to Tombstone where we will get a campsite for tonight