The past week has been crazy for The Royalheirs. Last Sunday, we started out at Reading Nazarene with a great service. As we left there for the trip to Ovid, we saw mighty clouds of black smoke begin to pour out of the engine of the bus. We were able to make it to the Meijer's parking lot in Mason, MI. Shem's parents, Rich and Jill Koutz came to our rescue and brought two vans to pick up us and all the equipment to get to our concert. We arrived at 5:30 p.m. and had everything setup and were singing by 6:05 p.m. The church was packed and we had another great service that day.

The bus finally made it back to Flint on Tuesday and will be in the shop for awhile. This weekend, we are in Ohio traveling in my wife, Pam's van. Please pray that the repair bill will be low and that we all survive the close quarters we will have in the van. Four big guys in a van after judging a chili cook-off in the morning service may not be good.

Many thanks again to Rich and Jill Koutz for all they did for us last Sunday.

Until next time,

Chuck