My Turn - Continued

Here are the pictures of the Morsinks that Dad promised. I am sorry, I just am not understanding how to get the right pics on here. Maybe in a later blog. Signed, Linda

My Turn

I had a small part in that Kentucky trip---I delivered Linda to the take off place. and picked her up at the end of the week. Linda also gave a great report to our congregation, including pictures of the work.
While she was gone, I spent four days on Pat Leininger's farm pulling weeds and eating great meals. I also went to the Stephenson County Fair -- rode the ferris wheel and the tumble bug. Great fun.
Our event of the summer was the visit of my sister Marybeth and her husband Hubert.
The Morsink family had a reunion in the Blue Ridge Mts of Virginia (Jim, Paul and Marlies and families), before coming to Chicago. It was gracious of them to come for a four day stay with us. Hubert and I went to a Dollar store and bought socks which were marked Size 10 - 13. Ha ha ha, they were far too small for us. So much for Dollar stores.
I made a mistake by saying that there is a serious clash between the West and the Muslim world. MB disagreed by saying that it is not a religious matter, and that it isn't right to lump all these countries as Muslim. Well, I'm happy to be corrected by my very knowledgeable sister. Fortunately we talk via Skype each Wednesday and keep up to date that way. Here are some pictures of Morsinks.

Summer '09 in Chicago

From July 11 - 18 I went on a mission trip to KY!! About 90 men, women, and children caravaned south from here. Arriving there on a Saturday afternoon, it had taken 9 hours to get there. We were joined by 30 or so people who lived in Kentucky. They worked along side of us, and it was great. There were about 13 teams, some doing work on houses, not building them, but repairing roofs, bathrooms, porches and building ramps. Other teams were Kitchen crew, Vacation Bible School team, and Photography team, and of course the 2 chief captains of the whole trip. The team I worked on was painting the inside of a house that had had a flood from a nearby creek. We painted the walls, ceilings, and floor. We worked well together and had a good time. The kitchen crew always had a great meal for us at the end of the day, complete with dessert. One day we invited our host families to come to the Presbyterian Church where we had our headquarters, for a potluck put on by the church women. That was special for all of us. We had a worship service at the end of each day with a lot of singing and telling about how we saw God working in our doings throughout the day. Take care! Love to all, Linda