Church and holiday
Well, the long weekend was welcome. I just wish it was longer so that I could get out of this very deep funk I’ve been in for a while. Some good things happened this weekend. For one thing, we had a really enjoyable time at church. The pastor’s message on Revelation 13 was one that you don’t hear very often in many evangelical churches. The spirit of the anti-Christ is very much in evidence around us today, and we need to recognize it and understand it. There was much more to the message and it was actually quite encouraging. We really like this church.
Another positive event was that I was able to weed the flower beds on Saturday, as well as trim some of our shrubs. I also fixed the Ryobi so that I could finally trim around the bushes and trees and other things. There is a lot more left to do to make our house look presentable, but this is a start!
Yesterday we had a relaxing morning and then in mid-afternoon, we decided to go on a drive through the country nearby. We went through Montpelier and then made our way to Berne. Berne is kinda interesting in that it has the world’s largest Mennonite church. It also has a large population of Amish people. We stopped at Amishville and I was able to take a lot of photos of the little kids interacting with some of the animals. Keegan enjoyed it also because he got to just sit in the van reading a book. On the way home we drove through some storms and then, Keegan spotted a beautiful rainbow as we were driving west from Hartford City. We also stopped at an old church and I took some photos of it against the dark, stormy sky as a dramatic backdrop.
All in all, a pretty quiet time, but there were lots of moments to enjoy…
