The beginning! I will split these posts up when the day is too full. As Day 1 was mostly travel I can cover it all in one post – I think!
I drove over to Kathy and Paul’s about 8 am Sunday morning. We loaded up and organized the drinks and snacks (very important!), then put Paul in the driver’s seat. He is a natural – he knows the routes and remembers all the places to drive and stay and eat and visit. We felt very comfortable handing him the keys! And thanks to Rege at Pinnacle, we had a very roomy, comfortable Mazda CX5 (my favorite car!!!) for the trip.
We headed to River Hill Church of Christ for a little fellowship, praise, prayer and preaching. I met a very nice lady named Dottie Sanders who has made it her ministry to keep the church blooming. She is a ‘retired’ florist and she shares her talents with River Hill’s members. She hand painted all the baskets and created the arrangements. Such a lovely ministry!
I don’t remember our exact route, but I know it involved Routes 43, 79, and Route 77 to our overnight stay in Rock Hill SC. Route 77 had amazingly beautiful scenery, with lakes and mountains and impressive vistas. I could not adequately capture the views or the beauty but I breathed it in as joy to my soul! God’s creation is beautiful, indeed!
During the afternoon we listened to some music, and I also tuned in to several of the preachers I normally listen to. When we got to the end of that list (some of the sermons did not come in loud enough in the car), we played Bible trivia, American states facts and questions, and then played the alphabet: A my name is Alice and I’m going to the Arctic and taking antelopes. You get it. Then we tried to think of restaurants with the names of the alphabet. We got stuck on several, even with looking them up! But it passed the time.
The rest stop going in to North Carolina was the most beautiful ever! It was filled with gardens and wildly blooming day lilies of every color. The bright yellow were everywhere! Looked like about 2 hours left to go until we crossed over into South Carolina and our motel at Rock Hill.
Since I didn’t take notes this week, I’ll just give a short synopsis of the messages. Paul’s message from River Hill was in honor of Father’s Day – What are dads’ responsibility toward their families? 1) Providing for them 2) Protecting them 3) Praying for them. We can be thankful for our fathers’ care and protection, and especially for our Heavenly Father’s care for us!
On this day in 1959 Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower opened the St. Lawrence Seaway; in 1977 Elvis sang in Indianapolis – the last performance of his career. In 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (first book in J K Rowling’s series) was published. Deaths: Liz Claiborne at age 78 in 2007 (Fashion designer); In 1974 Elizabeth Taylor’s 5th divorce – from Richard Burton – and Sonny and Cher divorced in 1975. Birthdays: Abner Doubleday in 1819 (inventor of baseball) and Gretchen Wilson (country singer) in 1973. And my long-time friend Kathy Earnest Heckman is celebrating a birthday today – we’ve known each other since elementary school and we still both attend Hempfield Church. Happy, happy birthday Kathy! It only gets better from here, right?
TOMORROW January 27 is:
We’ll see what adventures we embarked on for Monday on the next post! Check in later – and watch for the numbers (#1, #2, #3) to get them in the right order! God bless…
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