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Wednesday afternoon, July 29, 2009
Finally,
the sun’s out and the windows are open, the cherry blossoms are
blooming in the park outside. All this past week has been rainy and
early this morning another thunderstorm came through. This is normal
“summer” weather here, not “winter” weather which is usually sunny and
dry with advisories about low humidity. It’s been the rainiest July in
almost seventy years.
This afternoon, we
had a good time chatting with Natali who is getting ready to come down
to Brazil.
She arrives on August 11 (our thirty-sixth wedding anniversary), but
she’s already packing her suitcases.
Our pastoral home
visits come to an end this week, with winter vacation winding
down and school starting up again. We were in
the
homes of over two-thirds of our church members during the month.
Everyone visited commented on how they appreciated the time w had
together. They all seem ready to talk and always offered something to
eat. (Coke at seven-thirty and coffee at eleven at night make it kind
of hard to sleep.) We had a list of questions to ask when we started,
but found that in conversation people opened up and commented on many
of the questions without our even asking.
A
week ago was the first meeting of the ministries team at church. A lot
of time and prayer went into organizing this and choosing the people to
be involved. This was true, especially in
finding who has a passion for what ministry and then getting that
person involved in with area. For most of
this first meeting, it was a positive, encouraging atmosphere. We
hope that with guidance and training, these folks will be a great asset
in leading the church, and lighten a little the workload of the
missionaries.
Last
Sunday afternoon, we went out to Blazers to celebrate Levi’s third
birthday with friends (all of us older than the kid, and all of us in
silly party hats). To see pictures go to http://spoelhof-brazilnuts.blogspot.com/
Everything - decorations, cake and
most of the presents - was about his favorite movie “Cars”. He watches it every morning (but was kind
enough to once loan it to me.) Now,
loud noises scare him, and totally by “accident” a balloon hit a candle
on his cake and blew up. It was one of the “older kids” that did it,
but not me! That put a damper on the party
for a while. I started lighting the candles again, and Levi said, “Not
again, Uncle Bill, not again!” But by
church time that night, he was back to his normal “non-stop” self.
It’s another holiday
weekend coming up. Also, it’s the start
Family month at church, with special speakers and seminars and
activities. Should be fun!
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