Last night as we were driving over to my Aunt Marg’s house, we saw a flash of lightning to the east. We were taking a movie over to watch with my aunt, Iron Lady, about Margaret Thatcher. During the movie, the wind blew Marg’s gas fireplace pilot light out. When we came home and went to bed, it was still stormy and blowing around our RV. Continue reading
This morning we went to church at Christ the King Church in Lynden. This is the church my cousin, Dan, and his family go to, although we didn’t see them there this morning. Continue reading
This morning, besides going to Mark’s church, we tried the church I remember going to with my relatives when I was a kid. It’s Sunrise Baptist Church. Continue reading
Conversation heard at 2nd Christian Reformed Church between two attractive young women this morning: “I was wearing my tights and some snow boots because it was cold, and my dad was watching the guys around me and he told me to change because he didn’t like the way they were looking at me. I said, ‘Dad, it’s just the fashion!’ and he said, ‘I don’t care. They aren’t looking at the fashion.’ So I figured, he is my dad and I changed.” I haven’t heard that anywhere else we’ve been, not even in the Bible belt! Continue reading
This was our first Sunday to try out churches here. We had gone online and found Mark’s ward in Ferndale, just south of us. I had also found a Mennonite Brethren church here in Birch Bay, and it looked like it was going to work out well because Mark’s ward meets at 9:00 and the MB church meets at 11:00. Continue reading
This morning Mark and I went to his sacrament meeting and then we high tailed it to the forum class at Reedwood Friends. A woman who was influential in me becoming a member there, a professor of theology, was in town and led the class. Continue reading
Merry Christmas, everyone! We had a wonderful visit with my younger sister’s family in Klamath Falls, OR. They showed us Rob’s and Nate’s school and the little theater where their family all performed in It’s a Wonderful Life. Then my sister took us to the Dollar Tree so Mark and I could do our traditional $10 hunt for gifts for each other. We don’t need much and we have fun hiding from each other in the aisles where we’re picking up little things so we have something to open from each other on Christmas. We ended the day along with Lauryn and Rob watching the original black and white version of A Christmas Carol. Continue reading
Hey everyone, we’re back in Oregon! We’re staying with my younger sister, Lauryn, and her family in their new/old home. It was built by a doctor in the early 1900s, and amazingly a bunch of his stuff is still here – his doctor bag, his license, his class picture, etc. The house itself is very beautiful and has lots of character. Continue reading
We have hot and cold running water for the first time in a week. Praise the Lord! We took a shower in the bath house before church, and when we got home from church Mark worked on the plumbing and finally got everything running. It’s lovely to be able to flush the toilet and wash dishes again. In fact, the first thing I did when Mark told me it was working was get a big glass of water to make lemonade. I was thirsty! Continue reading
This morning we were out of propane in our external tank (it seems to go faster in the cold weather) and our hot water pipes were frozen. Our water tank which can be used with a water pump was a fifty gallon block of ice. I ended up walking across the snow to get to the bath house across the street to take a shower for church. Continue reading