If I were to have designed a first week back in Maine after being gone for nine months, I don’t think I could have thought of a better week. These are some of the highlights.
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| The view from our bedroom window. |
An absolutely gorgeous place to stay with very gracious hosts. Rick and Kathie Ramsdell have a beautiful home on Holmes Bay. The location itself would have been enough to soothe and cheer my heart, but I also cannot say enough about how gracious they were. All of the people who have hosted us over the past year have been gracious, but the Ramsdells have definitely stood out as having a God-given gift of hospitality. We are so grateful for their generosity and genuine love for us and for the work of the ministry.
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| Craft time |
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| Game time. |
Vacation Bible School with the Downeast Baptist Church in Machias, Maine. My days were spent studying, writing, walking, meditating and praying. But every night culminated in the best part – VBS. The children were eager to learn and were enthusiastic about the week, asking at the end of it if it could go on. The adults fully participated by helping with games, snacks, decorations, registrations, and providing meals for us.
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| The beautiful bride |
A wedding at West Hampden Baptist Church on Saturday. A young woman we have known for the last twelve years was married on Saturday, and we got to be there! Seeing so many of our friends from West Hampden made it extra special.
On Sunday Charlie shared our ministry with the people there, and then our hosts treated us to a lobster dinner. What says “Maine” more than a lobster dinner? Whoopie pies? Well, we had those too!
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| Eastport, ME |
Yesterday we travelled to Eastport, ME. We visited Raye’s Mustard factory, a place that Charlie wanted to see since we arrived in Maine and spent a couple hours enjoying the beauty of the place. When we returned to Machiasport, the fog had settled in again, but I still spent more than an hour walking the beach. It was a much needed and relaxing day off for me.
God is good – all the time. Even when I don’t feel blessed, I know He is blessing. But it is also a blessing (though not a greater blessing) to feel so blessed, and I thank and praise Him today for these special blessings.
1 comment:
Nice job here with your blog. I guess I found it just as you had updated it. I am so glad that you got to spend the night in York with Don. I am so sorry to have missed you that night, but I am having a wonderful time in Anchorage helping Kristin with the children and renewing our family ties. Don said that you would like to stay with us in the fall: YES, by all means. You are welcome to be with us anytime. I will look forward to it for sure. Not sure what my schedule might look like with my subbing job, but we can work around that. Basically, the home is yours; do as is comfortable for you.
It is obvious that you both have been a blessing to many people around the world. What a neat opportunity for you at this point in life.
Much love, joanne
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