Sunday January 27, 2008

 

 

A Rewarding, Relaxing Sunday

 

Because we were visiting Bowmansville Mennonite Church today, to  support Jake and Jane Wise, new staff persons with TFC, we had an extra half hour to relax and watch birds before leaving for church.

 

The morning light gave this Tufted Titmouse a blue hue.

 

Photo by Cerwin

This is the first time I saw a dove at this feeder – maybe it was attracted to the new Peanut Nugget bird seed I bought at Home Depot yesterday. 

While Cerwin had a purpose for being at Home Depot, I didn’t, so I just walked up and down EVERY aisle – getting exercise and checking to see if there was anything I needed, that I didn’t know I needed.  This was the result of that search.

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Then it was 9 a.m., time to leave for church.

 

Jake & Jane Wise

Jake shared his testimony on how God called him to serve with TFC as a fulltime chaplain.  He opened by saying his testimony would be much shorter if he had obeyed the Lord at the first “call”, instead he had a much longer story. 

His responsibility with TFC is visiting drivers who are in the hospital, spending time at local trucking terminals who ask for a chaplain, going to area prisons where a trucker has been incarcerated, and serving at one of four local chapels when there is a need.

 

He had placed the Promotional Chapel in the church parking lot yesterday.  I never tire of seeing it.

 

We went inside the chapel before church to make sure the heat was on.  Jake asked Cerwin to do that because he had a problem with it shutting off the last time he used it.  Everything was in good shape.

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Following the church service, we enjoyed visiting with many people who came to the chapel (Jake and Jane were kept busy in the church – answering questions), then we enjoyed lunch with Jake’s family.  Jake’s parents, Alvin and Anna Mae, are members of this church, and prepared the luncheon.  It was so nice.

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I am a “backroad” kind of person and loved traveling through new territory.  Cerwin would have taken main roads, but decided to trust our GPS unit.  It took us on backroads that delighted my eyes.

 

 A pretty, ice-covered creek.

 

This base fiddle mailbox is an advertisement for a bluegrass singer.

 

I liked this large snowman.  They must have used all the snow in their yard, because there wasn’t any surrounding it.  Notice the black buggy in the background.  That tells me this is probably the home of a “Horse & Buggy” Mennonite family.  The Amish buggies in our area our grey.

 

The buggy in front was open, with the roof tilted back.  The reason it looks different from the one in the back.

 

 Another pretty creek. 

 

I think God created Sundays to be spent something like this.