In Iowa, as a young pastor, I had a 90-mile circuit of 3 churches that I preached at each Sunday. I would travel the route, stopping at each church in turn. Rain, snow, sleet or sunshine, there would always be people at each service. Some would arrive hours earlier on those cold snowy days to stoke the fire and warm up the building before everyone arrived for the service. The dairy farm family routine is very regular.
Cows have to be milked twice a day, every day at the same time.
The schedule is changed only in the event of a power outage or a death in the immediate family. I first met George Massie when I was in the seminary in California. George was travelling across the country giving seminars about gold prospecting. George and I took a liking to each other and started traveling together. We d go to a place and set up our tent.