Good Saturday to you from our corner of Iowa where we managed to have a white Christmas after all. We reached a balmy 47 degrees mid week and then the next day we were seeing a temperature of 8 degrees with 1/2 inch or so of the white stuff. With wind chills at -26 we were reminded that winter does come to Iowa!
Monday, the 21st, we drove out into the country to observe the North Star. It was a small bright light in the sky when we saw it. From there we drove about 20 minutes to a beautiful tree of lights you could see from the Interstate. We drove down to it, and it was amazing to see. From there we drove to a small town to enjoy a street they call "Candy Cane Lane" because of all the decorations and candy canes made of lights! That evening was our one Christmas adventure for 2020.
Christmas Eve day we made our pies and were able to watch three of our grands reading scriptures for their Christmas Eve service. Then we watched the service at Lutheran Church of Hope. We also were able to see a video recording of our oldest daughter playing keyboard and two of our grands and our son-in-law harmonizing to Silent Night at an outdoor service in the park that their church held with the temperature at 8 degrees and the wind chill at -10! A cold night with people dedicated to worshiping our Lord! We had a long talk (not walk) down memory lane with our oldest son later in the evening,
Christmas day night we Zoomed with some of our family and today we Zoomed with our full time RVer friends. Was so great to see our family and to catch up with friends who are living a life of travel and service. Isn't Zoom an amazing gift??
Speaking of gifts, I purchased a book for my hubby this Christmas titled, "If You Lived Here You Would Be Home By Now", by Christopher Ingraham. It's a great story about a Washington Post writer who moved from the commuting world in D.C. to a small town in northern Minnesota with his family. It has touched us both as we reminisce about life in rural America where Joel spent his childhood and most of his ministry. We highly recommend it.
So this week we have much to be grateful for. Lights.....in the sky, on a tree, and down a lane. Grateful for Zoom, a warm house, virtual visits with some of our family, phone calls, a long catch up with friends, presents under the tree and pumpkin pie in our bellies. So grateful for being able to hear some of our grands sing and read, and speaking of reading, getting lost in a book. Grateful for Jesus coming to earth as a baby who would one day walk on water. Would deliver our sons and daughters........Would save a nation, a world. So grateful for the great I AM!
Enjoy your weekend!
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