Cowboy Church

Saturday night friends invited us to attend Cowboy Church at another park. Years ago we attended one but for the life of me I cannot remember where! A family group played instruments - bass, violin, guitar, and mandolin and sang Christian music - some older hymns and some new contemporary music. It was very moving and powerful.The son, 24 years old, gave the message on faith - a truly inspiring sermon presented so very well. Usually the father gives the message, but Saturday was the son's turn.It was very satisfying to see a family singing and praising the Lord together. I cannot imagine 5 people (the son is married and his wife did sing one song) living in a bus. The son told the story of their wedding, as the new bride was from Canada. They filed out all the paperwork and planned their wedding according to the timeline, given a few weeks for mishaps. As it turned out, the government demanded more paperwork, and the wedding was postponed a month before it was die to take place. Now that is a true test of faith!!! The wedding did take place but at a later date.

I did get time on Friday to join the Busy Bees quilting group - I try to go on Fridays, but that is not always possible. Our park is going to have our annual quit and hobby show this week and I am going to enter one of my UFOs (unfinished object) as I have the top of the quilt done, but it is not quilted yet. The Busy Bee ladies are so helpful- giving advice and suggesting ideas to newbie quilters without seeming to be critical.Thanks ladies for making Fridays a fun day.

the finished quilt top - a bit out of my cautious nature, but I love the way it turned out

There is an outdoor stand that serves large fruit drinks at only $2 each. We went for the first time this season and I ordered my very favorite - lemonade cucumber. Maybe I can learn to make this myself - with sugar free lemonade mix and cucumbers. Fred is more adventurous than I am - he had a strawberry one with real strawberries!! I have tried the mango and the cantaloupe one also - good but a bit much.

my cucumber drink - sweetened with agave - Fred's strawberry drink in the left

We attended church services this morning at Big Valley Church where we gave presentation of Caring Hearts Ministry. This park has supported us in the past and we wanted to thank them and give an update on the ministry. Pastor Tom Borro is doing a series on spiritual warfare. We are in a warfare as Christians - but but there are weapons against the devil.God wants us to have an open clear mind in our struggles and guard against struggles and arrows in the spiritual realm The evil spirit world is real - strong and always there. In this war, there are weapons that we need to know and use, The Devil works with doubt and fear - doubt is the present and fear is the future. The Devil is the father of lies and accuser of us,We will win over him because of our faith. Feelings are very important - do you feel you have faith but sometimes can't really FEEL it?? The Lord says that if you believe in your heart you will be. God loves you regardless of how you feel. We need to have a weapon against disappointment (remember the Young main I mentioned earlier and his delayed wedding plans?). We are weak, but God makes us strong When we are disappointed, Satan will bring up discouragement. Another weapon we must use is against persecution. It will grow more as the second coming draws near. The trouble that we face in this world today is not politics,but a war against good and evil. We must learn how to deal with the devil - through God all things are possible