Read the Zapfic serial #GHAWG on LeoThreads to follow the transformation of a courier into a Harley-riding tool of God.
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TL;DR
● What is GHAWG?
● Zapfic Entries 259-265
2️⃣5️⃣9️⃣ 2023-November-16 00:10:15
2️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ 2023-November-17 00:08:45
2️⃣6️⃣1️⃣ 2023-November-18 00:11:33
2️⃣6️⃣2️⃣ 2023-November-19 21:36:45
2️⃣6️⃣3️⃣ 2023-November-20 00:07:57
2️⃣6️⃣4️⃣ 2023-November-21 00:05:00
2️⃣6️⃣5️⃣ 2023-November-22 00:09:48
● Story Arc So Far
● Next Week
Zapfic Entries 259-265
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What Is GHAWG?
#GHAWG is short for "God's Hog: A Watchful Guardian." This fictional story tells how David Guardia, a courier and business owner from Bayonne, New Jersey, US moved into the next phase of his life after spending the final ten years of his ailing father's life helping him.
More details can be found in the first post of this weekly recap.
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Zapfic Entries 259-265
2️⃣5️⃣9️⃣ 2023-November-16 00:10:15
| "How long have you been a trucker?" Lindsay asked Rhonda "In college I worked part-time delivering freight. After graduation, I went into trucking full-time. I liked being free." "What did you study?" "Physics & Engineering." |
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| 🏍️ Not only was Rhonda Bella a STEM major in college, but she earned degrees in 2 STEM courses. This is in contrast to Lindsay Etxeberria, who was a liberal arts major. Given that many liberal arts departments tend to be dominated by dogmatic instructors, this partly explains why Lindsay ended up as she had. 🏍️ As dedicated as Rhonda was to her academic studies, she was just as fierce about being free. She discovered this level of freedom during her part-time work as a trucker while still in college. Although being a trucker had its own requirements, obligations, duties, and challenges, they were all outweighed by freedom of movement and the opportunity to see many parts of the country she would otherwise have never seen (especially Alaska). |
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2️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ 2023-November-17 00:08:45
| "How about you, Lindsay?" asked Rhonda. "Spanish, with a concentration in Basque Linguistics." "That's rare," said Rhonda; Lindsay nodded. "It may have been different at another college." "I knew I should have studied art." |
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| 🏍️ Despite ending up as a hard-core activist for leftist causes, Lindsay Etxeberria's course of study was actually more on the useful side . Spanish is one of the more widely spoken languages in the world, so it offers Lindsay utility. Her concentration in Basque linguistics, however, limited her utility. Then again, her decision to pursue this particular course of study will have prepared her for what is to come as she rides with Our Heroes to Riverside, California, US. |
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2️⃣6️⃣1️⃣ 2023-November-18 00:11:33
| Hank & Frank helped Sanjay and Lionel install nitrous oxide cannisters on their bikes. It wasn't a difficult thing to do, but the kids thought it was best to let the gearheads show them how it's done. "Feel the rush!" Hank said. |
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| 🏍️ Between the Brothers Marchenko, Hank seems to be the more free-wheeling of the twins. Frank Marchenko, on the other hand, was more toned down in his demeanor. 🏍️ Nitrous oxide is supposed to offer an extra boost or zoom when it is mixed with fuel. Nitous oxide-- "the nitrous"-- played a key role in the Mad Max series of movies which starred actors Mel Gibson and then Tom Hardy. In this regard, nitrous oxide is similar to the nitric oxide found in foods such as beets; the nitric oxide helps improve the flow of oxygen through the bloodstream, and this helps to reduce blood pressure. |
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2️⃣6️⃣2️⃣ 2023-November-19 21:36:45
| We camped in Orcutt, south of Santa Maria & east of Vandenberg Space Force Base. Sanjay & the rest of the crew played the D20 game. Before D20 started, I told Lindsay she would win. We all had negative scores-- except Lindsay. |
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| 🏍️ Until 2019-December-20, the founding date for the United States Space Force, the military installation had been known as Vandenberg Air Force Base. Just as the Marine Corps falls under the umbrella as the US Navy, Space Force falls under the umbrella of the Air Force. While most NASA and civilian space flights take place out of Cape Canaveral, Florida, Vandenberg is used for launching militray payloads into space. 🏍️ This zapfic entry exists to show David Guardia's prophetic abilities on a very short-term scale. It also exists to add to Lindsay Etxeberria's personal witness of The Lord's power through David. |
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2️⃣6️⃣3️⃣ 2023-November-20 00:07:57
| At Santa Barbara, I told Harry to go easy on the German Shepard who was going to hump his leg. "Are you crazy? I don't see any dogs." 30 minutes later, Lindsay and I see a German Shepard humping Harry's leg. "How did you know?" |
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| 🏍️ This zapfic entry is another example David Guardia's very short-term prophetic abilities. Because of the specific nature of this prediction, Lindsay Etxeberria was becoming convinced that something extraordinary was happening around her. |
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2️⃣6️⃣4️⃣ 2023-November-21 00:05:00
| I knew enough about SoCal to know that Malibu was near Los Angeles. We rested at El Matador State Beach. Rhonda seemed a bit off. I asked her what was the matter. We talked about the future, and the topic of children came up. |
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| 🏍️ Our Heroes had entered Southern California, so they were just a couple of days away from Riverside and then San Diego. 🏍️ Because of their ages-- David Guardia being an early member of Generation X, and Rhonda Bella being an early member of Generation Y (the Millenial generation), they both felt under the gun when it came to the topic of having their own families. |
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2️⃣6️⃣5️⃣ 2023-November-22 00:09:48
| "I stopped thinking about kids when I moved back to care for Pops," I said to Rhonda. "I think my window closed." "It's open a bit. God willing, you'll become a mom." "You think so?" "After what I've seen, I say why not?" |
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| 🏍️ Even at 60, David Guardia can still get the job done in siring children. However, Rhonda Bella was feeling her window to motherhood closing at age 44. 🏍️ It's not obvious to either David or Rhonda at the time, but this is an example of David's predictive power over a longer time period. When they have this discussion about children and parenthood, the example of Abraham and Sarah comes to mind since both were near 100 years old when they became the parents of Isaac. For both Abraham and Sarah, having Isaac was a miracle. For Rhonda as a mother, it was more a matter of time. |
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Story Arc So Far
Lindsay Etxeberria and Rhonda Bella share moments of comparison and contrast in how they lived earlier parts of their lives. Their chosen courses of academic studies reflect the kinds of people they would become later in their lives.
Sanjay Rampersad and Lionel Odunsi, the foreign exchange students attending University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, get to see the Brothers Marchenko do their thing as gearheads and motorcycle mechanics.
Although his predictive powers are nowhere near those of the uncanny Manny Rey, David Guardia has moments which manifest themselves in the very short-term. David also has a longer-term prediction for Rhonda Bella regarding parenthood.
Next Week
Zapfic Entries 266-272
The stage is set for one of the most astounding experiences David Guardia has as a prophet, and Our Heroes-- among them, Lindsay Etxeberria-- are witness to this experience. Whatever doubts they had about faith in The Lord are removed.
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The Newlyweds reunite with The Kids and The Twins to reform as a smaller contingent of Our Heroes. They are about to start their ride back east traveling along the path once traced by Route 66 before the Interstate System was brought online in 1956.
NOW AVAILABLE! -- GHAWG, Uninterrupted for those who want to binge-read the daily zapfic serial one Act (or Interlude) at a time.
ALSO AVAILABLE! -- The GHAWG Diaries for those who want to witness the formation of The GHAWG Universe and how it's taking place. Published on Mondays when there is no GHAWG, Uninterrupted post.
NEW! -- GHAWG Behind the Scenes to see how elements of The GHAWG Universe take shape, from graphics to spreadsheets and other research. Included is a subseries called "Fun with Maps" showing the interesting things I find as I map out the David Guardia's ride.
Catch the latest zapfic entries for GHAWG at LeoThreads. Get caught up with GHAWG with these weekly summaries at InLeo.
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GHAWG Navigation
To find other weekly summary posts such as this one-- or to read the serial without annotated commentary-- use the post GHAWGnav: Navigating The GHAWG Universe.
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