SATURDAY: Leave Hamel, drive to Logan Ohio, so…
SUNDAY: …we can attend Emmanuel Lutheran in Lancaster for Pentecost. Was so blessed to hear our old friend, Mark Raddatz, preach and preside. Also to meet some fans of The Word Endures. Then the drive to Maryland.
MONDAY:..Memorial Day, we celebrated with Cindi’s sister Deb and many of her children and grandchildren, with Cindi’s sister Dee and family, and with Aunt Sandy.
TUESDAY…Cindi and I enjoyed a Salvadoran lunch with my brother Joe’s widow, Peggy. Was so great catching up with her! Then in the evening, dinner and games with the Dillons, Quades, and Aunt Sandy. We played Farkle.
WEDNESDAY…after rush hour, we headed down to Richardsville Virginia, the town my family was from. We visited with my sister and her family (including several of her great-great grandchildren). We always used to tell Sissy how much she looked like Grandma Bess (my dad’s mom). No more. She has become the spitting image of my mom! I visited family graves and my mom’s family’s home. Walked over to my brother Maupin’s widow’s home and was blessed to run into two of his children and one of his grandchildren. We visited for a while, but when the bugs started chewing on us, headed back to Sis’s screened in porch. We waited around to see if the whippoorwills would sing, but alas, they were silent that evening. We spent the night at a great Air B&B in downtown Fredericksburg.
THURSDAY…after a late breakfast at Cracker Barrel with Sis, Jimmy and great grandson Brayden, we headed back to MD, giving thanks many times over that we don’t live in this area anymore and convinced we could never do it again. Traffic insane! We had a quiet supper with the Dillons, Quades and Aunt Sandy.
FRIDAY…a trip to check out the Museum of the Bible. I was a bit disappointed. Not a lot of rare manuscripts on display at all. Lots of facsimiles. And even a Nestle Aland Greek NT under glass (????). Aunt Sandy joined us for dinner one more time and we got in a game of five crowns.
SATURDAY…long trip to Lauren and Dean’s. All was going smoothly till horrible accident closed the interstate for an hour before we got to Indy. Not sure, but suspect some of those in the crash perished. The ambulance came with sirens and lights and left rather quietly and not hurriedly with no siren. May the Lord have mercy on them all! We pulled into St. Paul’s Dieterich just after six and enjoyed a lovely visit with Herberts grandchildren and Lauren and Dean.
SUNDAY…after the Divine Service at St. John’s Dieterich, where my son-in-law Dean presided and gave out the gifts, we returned to parsonage for a late breakfast, and finally hit the trail for home. We got here about quarter to two, quickly unpacked, and ran over to the dairy to pick up yoghurt and fresh milk. I’m glad things are quiet for a couple days before our regular routine resumes. Tomorrow we’re heading out for dinner to celebrate our 41st anniversary.
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