Gus got to the city and went to the Body Shop where he had the Food Bus painted before. Gus wanted the food bus painted bright green again with flowers. The owner of the Body Shop had some bad news! Gus did not have enough money to paint the food bus the same as it […]
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Food Bus by Gus – Parable of the Good Samaritan
The side of the Food Bus looked awful! After being caught in the tide waters, almost being swept out to sea, and scrapping against the wooden post, the bus needed to be repainted! Gus decided to take a few days off from selling food and drive into the city and find a body shop that […]
Food Bus by Gus – Parable of the Wise & Foolish Builders
Gus decided to drive to the ocean and sell food to the people on the beach. The people on the beach were hungry, so they were glad to see Gus and his food bus! Gus was busy all day cooking and selling food. A lot of people even bought duct tape so that they could […]
Food Bus by Gus – Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
One morning as Gus was getting the food bus set up for the day, a man came running to the food bus and he was very excited! He yelled, “Help me please! I am camping in the hills and last night there was a gust of wind that blew my tent against the rocks. Now […]
Food Bus by Gus – Parable of the Sower & the Seed
Gus decided to move the food bus to a different location! He moved the food bus to the desert and parked by a recreation path. There would be many hikers, bikers and horseback riders who would want to buy some food. Gus wanted to decorate the area around the food bus, so he stopped at […]
Food Bus by Gus – Parable of the Cloth Patch & the New Wineskin
Gus was excited! He was ready for the Grand Opening of the Food Bus by Gus! To attract customers, he decided to have a sale, free refills on French Fries! People lined up to buy food, and soon a young girl brought her French Fry bag back for a free refill! Gus had been making […]
Food Bus by Gus – Parable of the Light
Gus had bought the Ugly Little Blue Bus from the group after they had driven on Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles California. Gus did not want to travel across the country, he loved California and wanted to spend his life selling food to people. He had seen many food […]
Adventures on Route 66 – End of the Road…Moving On
The next morning after breakfast the group gathered around the campfire for the final time. They had a special guest, it was the thin, tan man that the Leader had been talking to the day before at Santa Monica Pier. The Leader talked to the group about changes. Changes happen in life all the time, […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Santa Monica Pier
The group had left the open, peaceful, desert behind them and the Ugly Little Blue Bus was making its way through the city of Los Angeles! Traffic was zooming all around them, and the bus could not go fast enough to keep up with that traffic, but they kept chugging along and the group was […]
Adventures on Route 66 – Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch
The Ugly Little Blue Bus was still going west on Route 66. The group was in California traveling through the Mojave Desert. The end of the trip is close, but not today! Today they are going to Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch near Helendale California. Elmer and his dad spent decades traveling in southern California collecting […]