Sunday July 11, 2010

 

Surprise Visitors

Amish Church

Our Family’s July 4th Celebration

 

 

We were surprised when Bill and Kathy Perry showed up at our door on Friday afternoon, July 2. Actually they were surprised too. They entered Transport For Christ in their GPS unit, and it brought them to our house!  We have an office here – but it is a field office – not the International Office.

Bill had been here before, so as they got closer, he realized where the GPS was taking them. They decided to see if we were home. Bill used to be a chaplain for TFC, then retired several years ago after his first wife passed away. He met Kathy about a year later. Since they married, they have done a variety of things – working in Louisiana after the hurricane, and serving in a pastorate in South (or North) Dakota.

It was great to meet Kathy and see Bill again. We are glad their GPS unit took them to the wrong place. After a short visit, we gave them directions to the International Office near Marietta. 

 

 

Sunday morning, July 4, we enjoyed seeing fifteen to twenty Amish families go by our house. That means Eli and Sadie were having church at their house.

 

 

We have a few other Amish neighbors, but only a few buggies go by our house when it is one of the other neighbors. The corn field behind the buggy is Eli and Sadies.

 

 

On Sunday evening we had our family’s traditional July 4th supper at Jere and Kristen’s house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jared, Ian, Gloria, Diana (partially hidden), and Jesse at the small table

 

 

 

 

Jenna and Jana

 

 

Diana, Lydia, Jana, and Jenna playing Dutch Blitz

 

 

Someone noticed this bat fly into a nearby tree. It is unusual to see them in daytime. Maybe all the noise disturbed its sleep.

 

 

 

 

Jesse loves when the big boys play with him. In this case it was Nathan.

 

 

He helped him make a slam dunk.

 

 

Visiting under the shade of their maple tree.

 

 

Nathaniel, Abigail, and Jesse

 

 

Mary Jane (Jeff & Chris’ adopted mom), Jeff, Chris, Jordan, and Ian

 

 

Uncle Jeff preparing Jesse for his birthday party.

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More about his third birthday party tomorrow night in Part 2 of the July 4th series.