Back to normal

We are back to normal Petersburg weather -- i.e., rain, and lots of it. But with all the past snow still blocking much of the normal drainage paths, many roads and parking lots have become lakes. It makes for interesting driving and even more interesting walking. The snow outside is quickly getting packed down by the rain. I expect that in another day or two it will all be a memory.

We are in for this warm (relatively speaking) and wet pattern for another week to ten days. After that things are expected to get colder again.

We had a total of eleven at chuch yesterday, though not the same eleven as last week. If everyone who has shown up at one time or another in the last couple of months came together all at the same time, there would be around fifteen.

There is no audio for yesterday's sermon. Firstly, I discovered too late that the batteries on my recorder were low. Secondly, the sermon was based on the outline (Adobe PDF download) provided by ADRA for this year's World AIDS Day.

Shelley began fiddle lessons last Friday. So we are now "privileged" to listen to violin/fiddle practice sounds :) I'm told there is a special place in heaven for parents who have had this "privilege."

Elise's dad and our nephew will be arriving in about a week's time. We've asked our church member who owns a fishing boat to take us on a tour of it and show us a bit of how fishing is done here.

Just now, looking out to the Narrows, I noticed that the tide is quite high this morning, and the waters are quite rough. Sometimes, the water can be nearly as still as that of a calm lake, and sometimes, there are whitecaps. The scenery could be said to be the same, yet at the same time, it is always different and changing. The combination of light, clouds, water, wind, and many other elements ensure that things are never quite the same.

We have not had any word back from the interested party in our house. I'm not holding out much hope at this point. On the plus side, our house is getting a few showings each week whereas many other similar homes are simply getting no activity whatsoever. We ask for your continued prayers on this matter.

Another item that we would like you to remember in your prayers is Elise's RN re-licensure. Right now, most everything is out of our hands and waiting on various bureaucracies to shuffle the multitudes of data and papers around to their respective locations.