The day started off gray with swirling clouds and little wisps of fog over the mountains on the way to church. The sun did come out this afternoon and it was pretty hot and steamy but all in all, it was a very pretty day.
In this morning's worship service, Peepaw was installed as a ruling elder and our friend, Ken, was ordained and installed at the same time. Y'all will recall that Peepaw and Jason were ordained and installed as elder and deacon, respectively, on the same day in Texas back in 2003. What a sweet day that was!
The ceremony was very beautiful. John, our pastor, had Peepaw and Ken kneel before the congregation after taking their vows and the other elders laid their hands on them as John prayed. I was taking photos and noticed that Peepaw had reached for Ken's hand and it made several of us cry. (Peepaw mentioned that Ken was trembling - he's a very sweet, emotional man.) After the ceremony and the service, a lot of our fellow church members came up and hugged and/or shook hands with Peepaw and Ken and congratulated them and said they would be praying for them as they serve the Lord. Peepaw was happy that the last hymn chosen for the day was one of his favorites, the warlike "Lead On, O King Eternal."
After dinner, we took a nice nap and then for supper, we ate grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches and homemade nachos. We then messed around with our new cell phones (Verizon - we'll send you our #'s when we get everything set up) and have just been relaxing. Our little garden is producing lots of tomatoes and it's been so neat to eat our own little crop.
I'll leave you now with all of our love.
