Yesterday:
We visited Marianne and Kevin (and children) for a couple of days in Amish country. Here I am with William.
Marianne and I walked some laps around their property on a cool, misty morning.
Matthew and William cooking up pancakes.
I flipped a few as well, and then we topped the pancakes with delicious maple syrup straight from their maple trees. Mmmm.
Later that afternoon we all gathered around a fire in the woods to enjoy roasted corn, homemade potato salad, hot dogs, and watermelon. Anna drove out with her cute little baby to join us.
I can still taste that corn! Yum.
Douglas enjoying some time on the trampoline.
In the evening a group of neighbors (Amish, Mormons, and Mormish) gathered for a Family Home Evening. We began with a song from the Amish hymnal. The words are as follows:
HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE
We read of a place that’s called heaven,
It’s made for the pure and the free;
These truths in God’s word He has given,
How beautiful heaven must be.
Chorus:
How beautiful heaven must be
Sweet home of the happy and free;
Fair haven of rest for the weary,
How beautiful heaven must be.
In heaven no drooping nor pining,
No wishing for elsewhere to be;
God’s light is forever, there shining,
How beautiful heaven must be.
[Chorus]
The angels so sweetly are singing,
Up there by the beautiful sea;
Sweet chords from their gold harps are ringing,
How beautiful heaven must be.
[Chorus]
I shared some experiences from my travels overseas.
And then it was time for baseball. And oh what fun we had!
The two teams gathered for a photo before we became opponents on the field of battl........baseball.
"Here it comes! Here it comes!"
"I'm going to SMASH this thing!" This might have been when I popped the ball straight up in the air and got out. :)
"Oh no!" Sam just hit one of our own players.
Sam did a fine job pitching for our team.
Time lapse video of our game.
Okay, it's too dark to continue. Bring it in!
What a great day. Thank you, Kevin and Marianne (and children......and neighbors!) for being such amazing hosts. Twas a short visit, but very memorable.
Today:
We drove to the Indianapolis Indiana Temple.
I have now served (initiatory work, endowments, sealings, and/or baptisms for the dead) in every currently-operating LDS temple in the United States (a total of 73 temples, if I am counting correctly). I had the thought that because today is the first day of operation for the Indianapolis Temple, there is a chance that I am the only person in the Church (right now) who has done work in all of the temples in the United States......unless Brother Goulding was here today. :) Check out this article Sam sent to me:
Another photo bomb!
"It wasn't me. He did it."
Temple? What temple? I see only water to play in.
Beautiful temple
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