~Before we went to PA again for some more deputation services, we spent a few WONDERFUL days with my Daddy and Moma! Here Mary is blowing some bubbles Gram gave her!
(You can click on pics. I've left some of the pictures with people in them bigger.)~
~Phillip helping my Daddy pull up his garden boxes to move them to their new "fixer-upper" house Jesus gave them.~
~Moma standing by a nice collage of pictures of She and Daddy...and the poem Daddy wrote to her for their 50th wedding anniversary. ~
~My Granddaddy, Grandmother (G.G.), and my Moma when she was a little girl.~
~Our first service in PA was at Dan Durkees' church in Gratz, PA. I don't have lots of pics from here, but Jesus gave us a great service and a wonderful time with the Durkees.~
~And the DEAR people there at Gratz church paid for our family to take a day and go to Lake Tobias, in PA. It is a fun "farm/park" filled with all kinds of neat animals. They gave us enough money for lunch too. =) ~
~One of the fun things we did there was to ride around on this "cut-off/open air bus." ~
~Isn't that rack a beauty?!~
~Then we went to our dear friends the Schmelzlens. They had fun treats of "cow tails" (A candy in P.A.), cute notes, and flowers by each of our beds. =) ~
~And we had a few RELAXING days with them. Our kids played in the sand, jumped on their trampolines with their kids, went to the park, played softball, volleyball, etc. We did LOTS of YUMMY eating there too. They spoiled our family! =) ~
~We had a service at their church on Sunday morning...then after we snapped some pictures...and they gave us FUN GOODY BAGS....then we had a 5 hour drive to our next service in Sunbury, PA.
~Sarah and Miriam.~
~Miriam and Sis. S bearing FUN gifts for our family! =D ~
~My gift included a cute Paula Deen apron that says, "This Moma cooks!" ~
~We had a nice service in Sunbury, and really enjoyed being with the Jacob Martins. ~
~I've known Sis. Martin since I was a little girl.~
~We went to the Friends' camp with Daddy and Moma and I was so SURPRISED to get to see my cousin Crista and her family there. ~
~The night that Jesus gave Daddy and Moma their fixer upper house...we took them out for supper to celebrate.
I LOVE my precious parents now more than ever!!!!
(The last of deputation pics coming very soon...That will be pics of our services in LA, OH, IN, and MI! Then we'll see some pics of FALL decor around my house. =)
