Busy in Pennsylvania

We had a outstanding time on this last trip to Pennsylvania.  This time, we started out in Penndel, PA, a small suburb of Philadelphia.  We were able to visit with some friends we haven't been able to see in awhile.  It was such a blessing getting to fellowship with them again.  However, we were there in Penndel for a missions conference at Grace Baptist Church.  We are always amazed at the hospitality of the Pastors and their congregations as we visit all the different churches! They took very good care of us...from the hotel and the food every evening...to the sweet spirit of the people....it was outstanding!  I always enjoy seeing the presentations of the all the other missionaries the Lord has called.  We were privileged to see two souls get saved at that meeting...Praise the Lord!!!

Our next stop was in Oxford, PA...it was not a scheduled meeting, but it was a place for us to take a quick breather for our next meeting.  We have been here before and really enjoying being in Amish country.  It is such a quiet area.  We didn't do much site seeing this go round, we just stayed at the prophets chamber and relaxed!  We were invited to tour a local dairy farm with the churches homeschool group.  We were able to see the cows being milked by the machines. They would bring them in by groups of 10-15 cows and hook them up to the milking devices. 

The device would just "pop" off once it sensed there was no more milk.  The calf's were stored in a separate area....there was one that was only 3 days old.  Calf's are just like babies when it comes to there need to suck on something.  The kids used there hands as pacifier for the calves.  We did have one drop-in in Secane, PA, where the Pastor treated us to the famous Philadelphia pretzels :)




 

We left Oxford, and headed to Lake Erie, we only had one night on our 3 week trip that we didn't have a place to stay.  We found a reasonable place at Geneva-on-lake that would be able to sleep all of us in one room.  Most places were at least $99 a night, but we have to get 2 rooms, which doubles the price.  We were able to find one room for much less than that.  We praise God for that!!!  This was our 3 visit to Lake Erie, just in a different location. Lake Erie was so breath-taking, especially as the sun was going down.  It was gorgeous, the sky for pink, and purple...beautiful. 





Our final stop was in Greenville, PA.  We were there a week and was blessed and refreshed during our stay there.  The church put us up in a nice home with plenty of room and a large back yard.  It also had a washer and dryer which was a HUGE blessing in and of itself.  It's nice to come home with clean clothes.  During our stay there, we visited a train museum.  The boys really got a kick out of being able to go inside of the trains.  While we were there, a man had fell off of the back of the caboose and was hurt. We were able to witness to him and prayed for him before the ambulance took him to the ER.  Please pray for soul and that he might be saved.  He did admit to us that God had allow him to live and not die for that fall.  We praise God that he did realize that and that God would continue to open his understanding to all things eternal.