Wow, what a another full day and although it was a mite warm it was glorious to be in the mountains and with such life loving people. Nancy and I feel so privileged to be a part of a such a great fellowship. The folks at Cornerstone have made us feel as if we are family. We tend to think that VBS is for kids but for Nancy and I we feel getting to know the kids have helped us get to know their parents and to really build relationships. While we worked the nursery this morning we bonded with a couple of families because of our love for their children which were the same age of our grand children and our mutual love for Jesus.
After the worship service we carpooled out with Clara and Clarence Crouse to a beautiful meadow with a stream running down the middle. The meadow sat down between the hills with large trees outlining the ridge line. The stream was cold to touch and was initially for those first entering the water but with the sun shining brightly the coolness of the water appeared to refresh those baptized by immersion. There was a total of 18 baptized by Pastor B (Brian)and making a public profession of faith.
We made it back home around 2 PM and had a great fresh salad for lunch; lettuce, cuke's, chives, tomato and fresh basil all from the garden as well as garbanzo and kidney beans.Yumm We are trying to eat healthy as Eric(Nancy's brother has reminded us to be careful what we eat) just had a heart problem.
We had to be back to the ballpark and picnic area at 5PM. We chose up sides and had a great time playing ball. I pitched for both sides as there was odd number of players. We had hot dogs with chili and slaw, brownies, cookies and chips plus just a fantastic time of laughter and good fellowship. Those who didn't play ball played badminton and volley and when the older guys finished the ball game the youngsters had a great ball game. We decided to go by the Daltons on our way home and see their less than 24 hour old foal(filly).
The silky shinny black foal has 1 white rear hoof. To be less than 1 day old she is already showing her stuff with her agile long legs. Soooo Cute!!!! The new mother was a little less enthused with baby cavorting about. Andy Dalton said he had never milked a horse before but because the mother horse was leaking so much colostrum(milk) prior to the birth the Vet advised him it would be beneficial for the foal for him to save this and feed it to the foal later. What a new experience for all as he had to help the new foal through the birth canal. Isn't life great!!!!
Well before leaving the Dalton's we saw Caleb's zucchini squash that was nearly as large as a watermelon and a yellow squash that had 2 heads, we also picked enough fresh green beans as well as new potato's(red, white and blue tater's) for a good ole' patriotic dinner tomorrow night. Thanks guys. Callie showed us her 10 quail chicks she hatched out from eggs purchased on the Internet. They are so beautiful and so little. Hopefully they will all live to reproduce as they are a beautiful bird. As a youngster I recall the covey's of quail that frequented the fence rows in Northern Virginia where I grew up. They 're also know by their song " Bob White" or "Bob Bob White."
Well we made it back just after dark and reflected on what a full day we had after a full night last night. We had Kimberly(better known as Queen Kimberly as she is the injuried one in a horse accident) and Eddie( I feel sorry for him for having to wait on Queen Kimberly), Ray and Audine, Jodie and Gerald(next door neighbors from Raleigh) at our place to play Sequence. Just so you can get a mental picture of what a good whupping is think 8 games for the boys and 2 for the girls. The girls did fix great snacking material with homemade salsa and chips, nuts(the good kind), fresh blackberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream and a pound cake. Thanks girls you can't be great cooks and gamewinners all in 1 day. We love ya lots and lots!!!!
Will close for now as its been a great day of worship, food, fellowship and family fun. What more is there; except for us its missing our kids and grandkids Ava and Annsley.
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