coincidence happens-the Del Sando story

Leaving Loveland, Colorado early the next morning we drove past the 110,000 cattle feedlot near Greeley,Colorado that used to be called Momforts started in downtown Greeley in 1936. Had we choosen to make a short detour we could have seen the second 110;000 feedlot but one whiff was enough.

Arriving in Ogallala, Nebraska quite early we summoned Del Sando and wife to his daughter's Dairy Queen. Therein hangs a tale.

Del Sando and I graduated together from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1951.

I was not to see him again until the 1970's when I ran into him in the halls of the federal building in Denver, Colorado. He worked for the labor department and I was doing some volunteer work for the housing authority for the city of Loveland, Colorado.

Fast forward to 2007 when I received a phone call from Del Sando. He had been reading my blog,glenndeavour, and we exchanged pleasantries.

So what better time to renew old ties as I motored thru Nebraska.

Is that the end of the tale.. No, no, no.

The next morning, Sunday, I was to attend church at the West Nidros Luthern Church in Baltic,South Dakota where my neice, Jill, is the organist.

Well it was Delmar Sando's grandfather, Delmar Sando who started the West Nidros church and 16th others in south eastern South Dakota around the turn of the century.

Stayed tuned and you will see what is probably the origninal sanctuary..