A really good day.
5/3/06 12:13 pm.
48º F. Sunny/humid, SSW wind 18 mph.
Good afternoon,
At the moment it is a nice day, but humid. It feels something like walking in a cloud. Yesterday was also nice, but it did rain last night. We went to Green Bay on a supply trip, discovering it was about 20º F warmer there than here. Sure glad I had a flannel shirt on in the 75º F temperature! It really turned out to be a nice day for most of the day.
The real highlight of the day was Bible study. Since it was the last for me leading, at least for a while, the folks got together and presented me with a card and a plaque to hang on the wall. The plaque is in the form of a cross with John 3:16 in raised letters on it. We will need to find an empty space on a wall to hang it. I really appreciate the good wishes and the support the folks have given me. It has been so neat to be an instrument of God to help folks stretch and expand. It has been a real eye-opener to watch the folks grow. Now I can do a little sitting back and participating more than trying to provoke discussion.
The Bible study itself was less intense than normal. Kind of a summary. The point of this last study was to get folks to want to attend our Monday night prayer services. After two years of talking about it and prayer, it still came as a shock to a couple of folks. I invited them to join me in attending this coming Monday night. We will see what happens. But I did have some commitments. I also had some private discussions with others who are still questioning.
Of course another topic of discussion was to "elect" someone to take over and what path to follow next. My good friend Helen said she would. But would use a published study on some subject, which she didn’t know. We are to come up with ideas for her to consider. Since we are having breakfast next week, it will give her some time to get her "act" together. She will do well. We also had to decide where we would be having breakfast. Guess we will be heading to Luxemburg to eat at a restaurant we stop in often on our way to Green Bay. Good food and reasonable prices. Never have had breakfast there though.
On one of our previous supply trips, I picked up a jar of "bumbleberry" jam. Never heard of that before! Looking at the ingredients, it looks like they swept up the floor and put it into a jar. There are several kinds of berries in the mix. Doesn’t really taste too bad either! I took it to Bible study yesterday, along with the fixings to make biscuit. The biscuits didn’t turn out as good as normal, a lot heavier than usual. I think the oven was not hot enough when I put the dough into the oven causing the problem. The jam on them went over pretty well though.
Since my Woman is graduating from LSM this weekend, we decided to buy a rose plant to honor the occasion. It is a big stemmed honker with some very large thorns on it too! Will have to be careful planting it. Supposedly it smells more than other roses, so was an attraction to Margriet. Time will tell when it blooms next year. Margriet has said she will plant it today, but is making cookies at the moment. Seems I have to bring snacks to church after the second service on Sunday. It will be a busy weekend for us.
I do have to get tires for the van rather soon. I have been putting it off for some time, thanx to not driving much on high priced gasoline. I am not looking forward to the expenditure at all. One advantage to the high gas prices is the postponement of the purchase and few normal maintenance tasks on the vehicles. It really is shocking how high the price has risen, though I see the price in Kewaunee has dropped a couple of cents in the last few days.
The countryside is really greening up. Of course the rains have helped that a lot. The marsh marigolds are now in full bloom and buds/ leaves are popping out on every other plant. Soon we will not be able to see the road from this chair. While picking up the rose plant, we also picked up a few packages of seeds too. Not too much, just a couple of herbs and flowers, along with some vegetables. Would be nice to have some fresh vegetables again. They seem to taste so much better when it is no more than five minutes from plant to belly!
It appears we have some weather moving in at the moment. Severe weather warnings have just gone up to the southeast of us. Heading in our direction. Should be over by 2:00 pm. says the weatherman.
Time to get a-going and close thing up some.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
48º F. Sunny/humid, SSW wind 18 mph.
Good afternoon,
At the moment it is a nice day, but humid. It feels something like walking in a cloud. Yesterday was also nice, but it did rain last night. We went to Green Bay on a supply trip, discovering it was about 20º F warmer there than here. Sure glad I had a flannel shirt on in the 75º F temperature! It really turned out to be a nice day for most of the day.
The real highlight of the day was Bible study. Since it was the last for me leading, at least for a while, the folks got together and presented me with a card and a plaque to hang on the wall. The plaque is in the form of a cross with John 3:16 in raised letters on it. We will need to find an empty space on a wall to hang it. I really appreciate the good wishes and the support the folks have given me. It has been so neat to be an instrument of God to help folks stretch and expand. It has been a real eye-opener to watch the folks grow. Now I can do a little sitting back and participating more than trying to provoke discussion.
The Bible study itself was less intense than normal. Kind of a summary. The point of this last study was to get folks to want to attend our Monday night prayer services. After two years of talking about it and prayer, it still came as a shock to a couple of folks. I invited them to join me in attending this coming Monday night. We will see what happens. But I did have some commitments. I also had some private discussions with others who are still questioning.
Of course another topic of discussion was to "elect" someone to take over and what path to follow next. My good friend Helen said she would. But would use a published study on some subject, which she didn’t know. We are to come up with ideas for her to consider. Since we are having breakfast next week, it will give her some time to get her "act" together. She will do well. We also had to decide where we would be having breakfast. Guess we will be heading to Luxemburg to eat at a restaurant we stop in often on our way to Green Bay. Good food and reasonable prices. Never have had breakfast there though.
On one of our previous supply trips, I picked up a jar of "bumbleberry" jam. Never heard of that before! Looking at the ingredients, it looks like they swept up the floor and put it into a jar. There are several kinds of berries in the mix. Doesn’t really taste too bad either! I took it to Bible study yesterday, along with the fixings to make biscuit. The biscuits didn’t turn out as good as normal, a lot heavier than usual. I think the oven was not hot enough when I put the dough into the oven causing the problem. The jam on them went over pretty well though.
Since my Woman is graduating from LSM this weekend, we decided to buy a rose plant to honor the occasion. It is a big stemmed honker with some very large thorns on it too! Will have to be careful planting it. Supposedly it smells more than other roses, so was an attraction to Margriet. Time will tell when it blooms next year. Margriet has said she will plant it today, but is making cookies at the moment. Seems I have to bring snacks to church after the second service on Sunday. It will be a busy weekend for us.
I do have to get tires for the van rather soon. I have been putting it off for some time, thanx to not driving much on high priced gasoline. I am not looking forward to the expenditure at all. One advantage to the high gas prices is the postponement of the purchase and few normal maintenance tasks on the vehicles. It really is shocking how high the price has risen, though I see the price in Kewaunee has dropped a couple of cents in the last few days.
The countryside is really greening up. Of course the rains have helped that a lot. The marsh marigolds are now in full bloom and buds/ leaves are popping out on every other plant. Soon we will not be able to see the road from this chair. While picking up the rose plant, we also picked up a few packages of seeds too. Not too much, just a couple of herbs and flowers, along with some vegetables. Would be nice to have some fresh vegetables again. They seem to taste so much better when it is no more than five minutes from plant to belly!
It appears we have some weather moving in at the moment. Severe weather warnings have just gone up to the southeast of us. Heading in our direction. Should be over by 2:00 pm. says the weatherman.
Time to get a-going and close thing up some.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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