Last night I took one of my daughter's highschool friends to the rodeo with me since noone else was interested. We had a good time with the freebee VIP tickets, barby and then the rodeo. Before the first event there was a half hour of pagentry which was okay, but it was interrrupted by an "invocation" by one of the local Baptist ministers. He prayed for the protection of the riders and the animals that endure the riders week after week. That done the gals in there shiny blouses and riding pants did one more goaround the arena with flags waving. One of the horses that was real energetic took a quick turn out of the arena through an open gate leaving its rider flying through the air to smack the gate post. She was down for over five minutes then taken away to the emergency room at the local hospital. Sad way to begin the evening.. but then the calf roping began the evening of performances. Unfortunately the first calf out of the shut hit the end of the rope, was yanked up into the air and came down breaking one of its hind legs. It was really ugly!
I wonder if that pastor would claim that his prayers are heard and answered, after all there could have been mass injuries and there were "only" two!
carmel