Well Sunday was another one of those memorable weather wise days with bright sunshine, deep blue skies and cool dry temps. It was just awesome with temps in the low 50's to start and ended with a high of 75. We started the morning around 7:30 hugging an extra blanket as it was cool in the cabin. I quickly closed the windows and we left them closed as we were gone for most of the day until after 5 PM.
We headed out for church at Cornerstone after our usual morning routine with an extra change of clothes as we were having a baptism at the river then a cook out and then a softball game. The church attendance was nearly a full house with lots of new faces and family members for those who were getting baptized after the service. The youth did an awesome drama of the various instances of CHRIST healing and giving life to those who are dead and dying.
Nancy and I opted out to help with the setup at the park; carrying the food and drinks, setting up the tables, grilling the hot dogs and waiting for the crowd to show up. We had around a hundred folks show up for the picnic and ball game after what turned out to be a rather large baptism. There were 4 original candidates to be immersed and it ended up with 14 being dunked with life changes. It was after 2 PM before the baptism was over and we started to feed the crowd. The hot dogs were tasty with chili, cole slaw and onions. There was melon and all kinds of chips as well as homemade cookies, cakes and of course sweet tea and lemonade. One feller brought a mango and most folks never ate one before so I cut it up and those who would try it loved it. I found it to be delicious but there were some who never heard of it and just would not venture to taste it.
We got into a youth(21 and under) versus the old folks(21 and over) game of softball. I pitched for both teams last year so I was given the honor to do that again. We played 9 innings and the game was close until the youths had a bad inning with lots of errors and the old folks(both guys and gals) won in the end 21-14. It was a fun time and some exceptional play by a few as well as some nose dives on the pack field of play. I know some of the old guys will be sore and stiff this AM. It was going on 5 PM when we headed out for the cabin after dropping off our fishing buddy Caleb at his house. Speaking of fishing he showed us a couple fish he and his dad Andy caught earlier in the morning; a nice 4 pound trout and a speck with had to of weighted over a pound.
Well I managed to catch a few sun rays while pitching and feel a little sunburn on the face and wow did I ever get sleepy last night after my shower. By 10 PM I was ready for the sack and slept like a log until 7:30 this AM, LATER Nancy brought her camera but some how she forgot to take pictures!!!
