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10/5/14 Our church donated 12 tons of donated food for the local food pantry. The kids and I shopped and filled 4 paper bags with items to bring. Jayden along with the high school youth helped organize the bags and load them onto a semi before the service started.  We got to enjoy Pastor Paul Sabino today. He is with the church plant in Cedar Rapids. They have just built a larger church because they outgrew the first one. It is so awesome to see God growing these churches. After church, we took the kids to the ISU Cyclone Stampede Rodeo. This would be the first year ever, that the ISU rodeo was held indoors. ISU recently put up an indoor livestock pavilion. It was awesome. The rodeo has been held outdoors in a dumpy arena for years. I can remember back when I college rodeos, the other schools dreaded coming to Iowa. The pen was small, usually muddy, and it was always held in the cold of October. One year I ran and there was slushy icey rain. It was so nice to see an indoor rodeo. The facilities are great. Too bad ISU doesn't even have a rodeo team anymore. It was fun to watch and reminisce my college days.

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