Bibleville

This is a very hospitable place. It was hard to take a vigorous walk this morning becaue people kept greeting me! We have a schedule of meals with different people, including a light supper before the evening meeting and “fellowship” after. Sunday lunch was a turkey dinner. Supper was homemade tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches with homemade bread. After the service was cheese and crackers, fruit, pie, popcorn, etc. It is going to take discipline not to gain ten pounds!

A couple of the local residents sitting out in front of their place.

Everyone treats Mom with honor and consideration. 

Claudia from Moorhead was pleased to meet Claudia from Cambridge.
(Have I mentioned there are a lot of Minnesota people here?)

And each host invites others to join us, so we have met lots of interesting people. Hard to keep them all straight. The parking lot is full of Minnesota and Wisconsin license plates. Supper was Wisconsin people including a couple from Spooner, but after the meeting was Minnesota people, which was a good thing since the Vikings/Packers game was on. It was an exciting game, too close for comfort at the end, but the Vikings pulled it off. Glad we were watching with Minnesota (Rochester) people, not Wisconsin. (Don’t worry, Orlin; I promise I won’t tell your family which side you cheered for. Of course, they might read it on the Internet.)

Steve wasn’t happy with his morning sermon. Tried to cover too much material about who Jesus is to support “All authority is given to me”. But the people were enthusiastic. Sunday night he moved on to “I am with you always” by telling David and Goliath. He’s a good storyteller. This picture shows his hands sedately in front of him, but that is only because I caught him the moment before he flung them wide in one of his gestures and that frequently hits the mike. (Good thing he had one of those head mikes last night and didn’t need to stay close to the pulpit.)

I sang “Take My Life”. Unfortunately, I had enjoyed the hymns too much and started out with a frog in my throat. But I got rid of it and the sound came through all right. 

No one is lonely here. People are very supportive of one another. We heard several times that people came here to retire because they could be involved in so much meaningful activity. There are places for sale if anyone is looking for a southern place to settle.