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               ed and I were pushing
               pretty hard, Ted in
         Tparticular. The Plainview
         Formby Unit Jubilee #5 (similar
         to Kairos Prison Ministry) was
         scheduled for the next weekend.
         We were rushing to our final
         team meeting in Littlefield.  It                                            by Jody Boudreaux Wilson
         was Tuesday.  Jubilee starts on
         Friday.  I was driving to allow
         Ted to finish up his letters to the   to me and said, “Pull off the road,   and handsome little boys were
         participants.                       and don’t kill the engine.”  That’s   drawing pictures for the men in
                                             what I did.                         prison.  Out of sight!!
         Sitting quietly so as not to disturb
         Ted’s correspondence, I thought     Ted slipped out of the car, raised   Ted and some of the guys talked
         the car motor sounded louder        the hood . . . a few minutes        among themselves, and Ted
         than usual.  But my hearing is      passed. He walked around to         called AAA to tow our car to
         certainly not one of my most        the driver’s side; I moved to the   Mears Volvo in Lubbock.  We
         reliable senses, so I said nothing.  passenger seat.  Ted drove us on   were wondering how we were
                                             into Littlefield.  He parked in the   going to get back to Plainview
         Mile after mile, I thought          church parking lot.  We joined      from Littlefield.
         something was amiss, but I          our team in the church.
         remained quiet until I picked                                           Brian, leader of this Jubilee
         up a thump, thump sound.            What a delight to see our ladies    weekend put a hand on Ted’s
         Hmmmm.  “Ted, are you sure          bagging those beautiful cookies.    shoulder.  “You know what?
         you don’t detect something          Full-grown men were at a long       Tonya and I just came home from
         with the engine?”  He shook his     table with scissors and Scotch      a conference in Alabama.  We
         head and continued writing, so I    tape assembling the prayer chain    rented a car for the trip.  The car
         continued driving.  A few more      for the weekend.  At another        is not due back at the rental till
         miles down the road, Ted turned     long table, beautiful little girls   noon tomorrow.  Why don’t you







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