I spent some time at Los Alamitos as a volunteer chaplain. It was my introduction to the ministry that goes on in the back for the many people who work at some of America's horse racing tracks. A wonderful friend of mine, Aurio Bermeo, was the chaplain who taught me the mechanics of ministry at Los Alamitos. It was there that Annette Funicello met her husband who was a trainer. Los Alamitos is the premier quarter horse track in the US. I met a couple of men there who were really successful as owners and breeders and wrote up their stories in my own style. Not everybody appreciated it.