A Special Patriot

On his ride in Florida, Duane met this woman, a 93 year old WWII veteran, who was a motorcycle courier. She earned a PhD after the war and taught at FSU and FAMU until retirement. She has more than 900,000 certified miles on BMW motorcyles. She has a side car on her bike and look who who rides in it!

Patriot Guards Ride

Duane (on the left, above) from Georgia took a special ride on his bike this week. The rider next to him is his Sunday school friend, Tommy Brinkley. Hear about the trip from Duane:

"That was a fantastic ride from Marianna, Florida to Apalachicola, Florida. We rode through Altha, Blountstown, Wewahitchka, and Port St Joe. In each of these towns, schools had let students out, and they were on the sidewalks, as were business people, and people just wanting to see. They all had signs with praise to veterans. In Port St Joe, we rode by a nursing home and the residents were out on benches, in wheel chairs and some standing and waving as we rode by. Many people along the way were flying flags. Many had large pictures of soldiers who had served, and some had pictures of KIA and MIA soldiers. All that was a total surprise to all of us who rode. I let a few, well, lots of tears flow as we rode by."

Game Dinner

The Pine Level Baptist Church recently held a game dinner. These are fun events where men invite their friends, cook and put on a big feed with dove, venison, etc. Duane, a Mornings listener and a deacon at the Georgia church, took these photos.

The speaker for the event was Kyle Woodfin. If you'd like to hold a he-man event like this, check out Kyle's website here.

Send Postcards to a Soldier

Please make my friend Miguel's day and send him a postcard for his collection. Tell him you watch or listen to Mornings and heard about him!

He also likes football, so you could tell him your favorite college or pro team. Like me, he went to UT, so he loves the Longhorns and the Cowboys.



This is his fourth tour of duty in the Middle East, and he doesn't have a lot of family to speak of, so your postcard would touch him.


His address in Iraq (and it's just a regular stamp) is:


SSG RIVAS, Wolfgang A.
HHC, 204th BSB 2/4
Camp Basra
APO AE 09374


Thank you so much!

Final Four Contest on Mornings

We love surprises and giving cool things away! So with the help of Randy Singer, we are holding a great contest for March Madness.

By Friday, March 20, 2009 at 5 pm eastern time/4 pm central, send us the following by email, which is Mornings (at sign) FamilyNet (dot) com:

1. The four teams you think will make it the finals. You get one point for each right choice.
2. The two teams you predict in the championship game. You get two points for the right picks.
3. The WINNER! You get four points for this one.

So, you could win ten points total. In the event of a tie, we do have two prizes: an autographed Collector's Edition of Randy Singer novels and an autographed Al Harrington basketball!

We are going to exclude FamilyNet/In Touch employees and their relatives from winning the contest. To the rest of you, get your entries in!

Pastor Neon's Visit

Neon from Ohio touched us all when he told about the opportunity he had to see his daughter. He hadn't seen her in 22 years, since she was just a little girl.

Neon got to see his precious grandchildren for the first time, too. It sounds like the visit was special for everyone.

New Building in Cairo, Georgia

You may remember back in the summer when we had Builders For Christ on the show. They had been working at Pine Level Baptist Church in south Georgia.

Well, all the construction and finish out is completed and PLBC held a special dedication on March 1!

Sirius 161 listener and FamilyNet TV viewer Duane sent photos of the beautiful new building, inside and out. The photo below on the left is Duane's Sunday school class. The middle photo is the original church, where Duane and his wife, Vonnie, made professions of faith!