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John Cramer and Seth Gitner of the Roanoke, Virginia Times collaborated on a very accurate story about the special work that the Gregory's do. Mr. Cramer was the writer and Mr. Gitner photographed and produced this fantastic piece. If your computer has the Macromedia FLASH program working on it, you can click on the link below and see a FLASH picture and sound presentation that tells about the Gregorys far better than I can. If your computer does not have the FLASH program, you can read the few words I've written further down this page. Here's that link just below. I was very impressed with this Flash movie. If you are on a dial-up phone connection it will take a number of minutes for the FLASH movie to download through your phone line. This presentation is well worth the wait!! When the download is completed look for a skinny arrow in the upper right hand corner of the page. Click that arrow to start the Flash presentation. http://www.roanoke.com/photography/truck/jesus.html I've had the privilege of knowing Brother and Sister Gregory for nearly a decade. And it is a special honor to write a few words about them. They have not asked me to do this. This is an assignment from the Lord. HE has commanded me to construct a web site for this ministry. And what a privilege that is. Brother Gregory's motto is, "God IS faithful!!" And the Gregorys have proved that again and again. The Lord has NEVER let them down. And their life of living faith has been an encouragement to me and many others. The Gregorys are two people who turned away from the security of a regular job and even said "goodbye" to the joy of being the pastors of a beautiful church of loving people. More than a quarter of a century ago God called them to reach out to a group who really make this Nation go: TRUCKERS! Truckers are unsong heroes. Without them we would all be nearly starving. Those men and women in truck cabs on a billion miles of highway don't get much chance to be anywhere else but on the road. And to these people Bunny and Blonnie Gregory have been chaplains, friends and loving human beings for so many years. You will want to read for yourself some of their many adventures in Blonnie's "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Heaven" series, and in Chaplain Bunny's "Trucking For A Miracle Working God". Also Chaplain Blonnie has a new work out called, "Joy For The Journey". You will find links on the left to these works and to all the pages on this site. Because of their wonderful personality, their warm music and their heart for hurting people they are often asked by churches along the way to come and minister. Also they have ministered in prisions. But most of their time is spent either on the road or in truck stops. They are so determined to touch lives that they have not celebrated Christmas in their home since 1975! They spend Christmas, each year, in a truck stop 3,000 miles from home!! Oh yes, that's their Mobile Chapel in the center above, a "converted" 18 wheeler they call Sheneeda. I'll let Blonnie tell you why they call their truck Sheneeda. You will discover that secret in her books on the left side bar. In the truck you won't find any pallets or crates. When you walk through the back door you find yourself in a house of worship. There are pews, a pulpit, lovely fixtures and an atmosphere of PEACE. The trailer is a chapel on wheels! Thousands of truckers have walked up the portable steps in the back to worship, find Christ, and get heavenly help of all kinds. The Gregorys go from coast to coast, truck stop to truck stop on a route that, through the years, has been opened to them by the Lord. clint, |

