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It is one of the hottest summers in anyone’s memory. We are camping with several families from our church, and the dense July air has pressed us into immobility. The treeless camp lots attract relentless sunshine. Steam rises from canvas tents and pop-up trailers. Our children are too hot to complain, unable to expend the energy needed for speech. We lie on our woven lounge chairs, panting slightly.
With great effort, our persistent friend Jeff rouses us from lethargy with the suggestion of a trip away from the campground. We plod to our dusty cars and agree to follow him to an ice cream parlor in the next county. None of us knows where it is, but Jeff assures us that he will lead us there.
Our little caravan winds through the back roads of rural Michigan. Following Jeff’s lead, we turn down roads that none of us knew existed. We screech around corners when he turns suddenly without benefit of turn signals. We watch unfamiliar scenery fly by, uncertain that we’ll ever reach our destination.
Fifty minutes later, Jeff leads us into the parking lot of the ice cream parlor. Although we have not ordered yet, we are laughing, curiously refreshed and energized by the wild ride. Our leader has taken us in unexpected ways to an unfamiliar place. We rarely took the safe or unexpected path, but there was true refreshment and rest at the destination.
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