Good morning once again my dear friends,
Here on our little bizzy homestead the weather is quite foggy but actually very pleasant once we get past the dampness. I keep hearing whispers of a small storm front coming our way.
For most the autumn I was dreading winter but now I am actually starting to look forward to it again. I used to love winter with its beautiful snow blanketing the earth, muted colors, using my snowshoes of which I love and even learning to skijour behind my goat if you can imagine that! Me niether (and no, I will not show you pictures that my children took!) but he is the right speed for me unlike the dogs and pony my children use.
The past few winters the snow has been lean and my children are tired of hearing about our 19 foot snowbanks we had as children. They think we came from another planet! So we know one of these winters we are in for a doozy. Last year we had snow on the ground on Oct. 9th and it never left. This year it has been in the air and a little on the trees but nothing has stuck around.
I am happy to report I slept really well last night. After dinner duties were done I relaxed with a few letters that came in the mail but couldn't hardly concentrate enough to start letters back. So I just enjoyed the news of my friends and left it at that for the evening.
I was asked about our church, whether it is conservative or progressive. Here they are all quite conservative, most are horse and buggy churches. The one we attend is a hair bit less strict and most attendees arrive by bicycle or vehicle (vans and the such). They are plain but welcome with open arms anyone who would like to attend. It is a terrific ministry as it isn't too frightening to the outsider who is curious. That was how I started. Curiosity. After we moved here I met some of the wonderful women from several districts and wanted what they had, the knowledge of what their purpose was here, their faith in God, their worship with every step. And so I one Sunday took them up on their invitation and as it is said, the rest is history. I am still learning as we all are but it is the most glorious journey of my life!
For those of you who read some of my earlier post I am sure you recall the incident about my beloved son losing his temper and 'breaking" our source of heat. Well, the update is the boiler is still down. My beloved and brother worked on it all weekend trying to weld up the leak and it turns out as they welded it grew bigger thus hubby has deemed it dead. It is a very old handmade wood boiler so really, no big surprise but as things go, we wish we had known it was going to give up the ghost before winter, LOL. So now my hubby has his excuse to pull the one out of the basement and install it. I am pretty excited to have "The King" outside and in use as that boiler is a dream to work with compared to "The Beast". So we will have a very busy weekend with hauling that thing out. We had to install it using a tractor to lower it down the stairs and then roll it on metal pipes to where it rests now so you can just imagine the trouble it will be to get back out.
Meanwhile this house has two old electric registers from the electric heat installed in the 40's. Hubby wired them up and that now is our heat. So I am doubly blessed the weather has been good and my beloved is so handy or I'd be dressed like an eskimo trying to do chores
Isn't God good?
Comments
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Kitty
You are so blessed to be able to attend such a church. I would love to go to one like that. I can't seem to find the right church home for myself, but yours sound terrific..........blessings......Kitty