Church Relations
I know this will be a shock to some of you, but I don't have the best driving record. Outside of all the other tickets I get, I almost always get one when we go to Gin's parents. They live out in the Texas panhandle, and there is nothing out there. So I speed. Between Stratford, TX and Guymon, Ok I get pulled over without fail. This year was no different. Except the whole encounter was different.

I usually have a screw you, and just give me the damn ticket attitude with The Law. No weeping, crying and begging here. Just give me the ticket so I can get back to speeding. This usually does not go over well, because cops like you to fear them. My attitude has lead to all kinds of extra tickets, car searches, hand-cuffs and drunk driving tests. I was obviously innocent in all cases, because I had a grand ol' personnality the times I would of not been innocent.

So this weekend I get pulled over. I happened to wear a t-shirt that day with my college on it, and I don't often do this. When the highway patrol walks up he says, "Do you know how fast you were going?" (speed limit 65) I am sure they get their sob stories here, and I am so sorries. I just said, "73."
He said, "I clocked you at 75."
I said, "Well I had my cruise control set at 73." With obvious attitude.
Cop: Can you come back to my car please.
He never asked for insurance though, so I was wondering if I should bring it. I decided not to. In his car...
Cop: So you headed from CO.
Me: TX
Cop: You go to SNU.
I was thinking is there a sticker on the car. I don't think so. (I forgot about the shirt.)
Me: Yes
Cop: What church do you go to?
Me: Okc first Naz.
Cop: We go there when we are in town. Is S.G. still the pastor?
Me: Yes.
And after some catching up on were different staff had gone, and realizing we were both PK's, I got a warning. Not that I carried about the ticket or the money that much. 10 over does not go towards your ins. in OK, and it has been long enough that I could have gone to defensive driving school to get the ticket dropped.

The cop did tell me his family was moving back to the city in Dec., and they plan to attend my church. Makes me wonder if there is more to this whole thing than me getting out of a ticket.