Awwwwwwwwwww....... :-)

A man in Topeka , Kansas decided to write a book about churches around
the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and started working
east from there. Going to a very large church, he began taking
photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the
vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read "Calls:
$10,000 a minute." Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and
the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a
direct line to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to
GOD.

The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued
to visit churches in Seattle , Houston , Milwaukee , St. Louis , Chicago ,
and many cities and towns all around the United States , he found more
phones same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.

Finally, he arrived in Waterloo Iowa . Upon entering a church in the
beautiful state of Iowa behold, he saw the usual golden telephone.
But THIS time, the sign read "Calls: 35 cents".

Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, "Reverend, ! I have been
in cities all across the country and in each church I have found this
golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and
that I could talk to GOD, but in the other churches the cost was
$10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only 35 cents a call. Why?"

The pastor, smiling broadly, replied, "Son, you're in Iowa now -
you're in God's Country. It's a local call."

American by Birth, An Iowan by the Grace of God.