SPIRITUAL GROWTH!!!!!

We traveled to Portage today. The roof looks nice on the house. Hopefully, it will produce buyers.

Dad preached at FEBC - he was amazing! Just before the message, Dad had the privilege of baptizing Elyse. Pastor Rod graciously agreed to let Dad do the baptizing. What an honor!

Betsey and Micah came all the way from Ft. Wayne to see her. It was good to see them again. We missed L & L's family, D & E, and T & E. But, we understand fully why you couldn't make it. It was an awesome day.

Elyse gave her testimony, plus answered several questions before she was dunked. Dad was explaining the significance of the baptism and the picture of Christ's death, burial and resurrection. Then he said, "And I will keep you under less than three days." Funny man!

A brave little girl, she gave good answers to all the questions. Here's the dunk - under three days:

After the baptism, Elyse & I walked to the restroom so she could change. While she was getting her wet things off and drying off, I was passing her church clothes under the bathroom stall door for her to get dressed. She said, "Where's my underwear?" Oh, oh! We didn't bring any dry underwear. So, I took the blow dryer and started drying her underwear she wore in the baptism and decided NOT to dry her hair. She wore them a little damp, but she didn't mind too much.

After church and donut time (they don't have Sunday School in August), we left for Arlene St. We changed our clothes and headed over to Miss Sunderman's for lunch. While we were there, someone went in our Portage house. They didn't take anything (because there is nothing to take), but they left signs that they were there. The bathroom door between the master bedroom and the bathroom was left open (I know I shut it before we left for lunch). They messed up a stack of brochures on the kitchen counter that I had just straightened up. They opened shades in the bedroom that I had closed. We don't know who was in there - hopefully a prospective buyer. The realtor is supposed to call us before ANYONE goes in, but this is the 3rd time they haven't called us.

Tim worked a little on the house and yard then took a nap. Zachary played with Jeffrey. Elyse read a book in the Arlene house. I stayed at Miss Sunderman's house for a long overdue visit. We were hungry after all that time, so we stopped at Wendy's for a snack. Then we headed to First of Portage for their Sunday night's service where the children put on a musical. It was cute. There were 12 children in the program. It was a musical about memorizing Scripture. Then we headed home. It took 95 minutes to get home on a Sunday night. Not bad for all the construction and traffic.

Hope you all had a GREAT Lord's Day too.