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The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.

Psalm 23:1 (New Living Translation)

Elizabethtown Fair

Thursday, August 27

Sheep ~ Carousel ~ Bumping Cars

After visiting the petting zoo, we walked through the sheep pens.

 Apparently there was a sheep show tonight.

 An interesting little sheep.

 I always find the spinning of wool to be interesting.

 The boys were anxious to go on some amusement rides.

 The carousel was our first choice.

 Lydia wanted to go on a bumping car – as did Ian and Jared.  I didn’t think it was a good idea for the boys, and after watching Lydia bumping into others and get bumped around, they agreed.

 More of the fair tomorrow night.

The LORD is our God, and we are his people, the sheep he takes care of in his own pasture.

Psalm 95:7 (Contemporary English Version)

Elizabethtown Fair

Thursday, August 27

 While Cerwin and Lydia were cleaning up the pavilion area (getting it prepared for a wedding rehearsal dinner), we decided to spend the evening at the fair.

 Lydia heard us talking about the Elizabethtown Fair, and wanted to see what a Pennsylvania fair was like.  It was a beautiful day, so we decided to ask Jere and Kristen if we could take the “little boys” with us.  (We have three groupings of grandchildren:  big boys, girls, and little boys.)

When we arrived at the fair, the parking lot appeared full, but somebody must have just pulled out of a space next to the petting zoo, because that is where the parking attendant sent us.  That was nice.

 Needless to say, Jesse, Jared, and Ian were delighted to go along – and Lydia had fun helping us with the boys.

 They loved the rabbits.

 Jesse noticed someone pull grass and feed a rabbit, and soon did the same thing.  We had a difficult time convincing him to move on to other animals.

 The French Angora had more fur than body.

 Watching peeps hatch.

 Calves

 Goats

 Alpaca

 I think they are so cute.

 More about the fair tomorrow night.

Love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy. 

Mark 12:30 (The Message)

Philadelphia Airport

Wednesday, August 26

I looked forward to Wednesday, because it was the day my brother Clair was coming home from Italy.  He will be here for almost two weeks to participate in the wedding of his daughter, Jess.  Cerwin and I offered to pick him up at the airport, and he accepted, since his wife, Anne, (a special-needs teacher) could not get the afternoon off.

He has been in Rome this year as a consultant with FAO (Food & Agriculture Organization) which is part of the United Nations.

Along the way we had to wait on road construction, so I had fun with my camera.

Before long we were on the road again. 

I looked at the car clock at 3:07 p.m. and said to Cerwin, “We should soon hear from Clair, because my Internet check said the plane was landing at 3:07.”  I barely had the words out of my mouth when my cell phone rang, and Clair said they just landed.

We still had a twenty-minute drive, which would get us to the airport in good time, because he had to go through customs, then get his luggage. 

My phone rang again a few minutes later.  Clair said they didn’t have a gate, so we should take our time.

We arrived in the area of the airport shortly after 3:30 and parked along the road to wait for his call.  It took an hour until they had a gate for the plane. 

We moved closer to the airport, and before long he called to say he was inside building.

It seemed to take awhile, so we moved toward the pickup area to make sure we didn’t get in trouble for being in an area where parking was not encouraged.  We drove through the pickup area rather slowly.

We didn’t hear from him so waited along another airport road.

At 5:00 my phone rang, and he said he was in the USAirways pick up area.

There he is!

It was great to see him again.  We email, talk on the phone, or connect on Facebook, but it has been several months since I was able to give him a hug.

He apologized for making us wait, explaining that his luggage didn’t show up.   Then, just as he was filling out the paperwork to have his luggage delivered to the house, they announced that a few more pieces arrived – and his suitcase was there.

An hour-and-a-half of waiting isn’t that bad.  There are always things to watch, and the weather was nice enough to have the car windows open. 

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You’ll see more of Clair next week, because Rob and Jess asked me to take candid photos at their wedding.

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For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. 

Zephaniah 3:17 (New Living Translation)

Happy 7th Birthday

To Our Favorite Ian

We Love You!

Mailing the Highway News

Monday, August 24

We had a new helper on Monday, Maggie Keller (center front).  She was spending a few days with her grandparents Harold and Lois Keller (back left).  Our granddaughter Lydia has been a regular summer helper.  Glenn and Rachel Fahnestock (back right), Cerwin, and I completed those who labeled more than 3,000 of the September issue of Highway News & Good News this month.

Lydia bagging some of the completed magazines.

She wanted to make sure I had some pictures of her doing this job, as we plan to make a photo album of her summer memories.  You will notice by the open door that we had beautiful weather on Monday.

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If you wish to read this magazine online, go here:  here.

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God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him.

Romans 8:28 (Contemporary English Version)