Well Sunday was an awesome day of worship that started with our own live streaming service from BridgePoint Church in St. Petersburg/Seminole Fl. We then heard from a missionary couple who is from Sparta who served in China and is now going to Greece to help with the refugees fleeing from the terrorist group ISIS in Syria, Iran and Turkey. Most or nearly all of them are muslim. A christian group called Gateway2life are in charge of operating one of the camps for women and children ONLY and they will be the camp directors administering to their needs first and then giving them the Gospel second which is totally Biblical in nature.
I started the day after a short night on Saturday as we attended the FaithFest event down off the mountain and it was well after midnight when we finally got home, showered and got into bed. I awakened at my usual 6'ish time despite the short night to a chilly cabin. I think Fall is upon us with the temps not getting much out of the high 60's for the day. We did finally get some sunshine by late afternoon which made for a pleasant hike around 5'ish. We did our usual morning routines before heading out to Cornerstone where we met up with Mechelle, Caleb and his squeeze Courtland and then afterwards headed to the Japanese Eatery called Kaipan in Sparta for a delicious lunch. They too have a very nice salad bar and a delicious menu. The Tracy's also joined us for lunch as well.
We made a stop at Walgreens for some scripts for Nancy then headed home via the Blue Ridge Parkway. They are finally fixing the pot holes and its a pleasure to ride that scenic drive once again, plus its a little bit shorter in milage but at a lower speed. Nancy settled into the phone calls with her mom, sister and Amy as well as texting Jaime who is back from El Salvador and her mission trip. She will be here at least until the end of October with her physical therapy skills and expertise. We are having her for supper on Tuesday.
We took off around 4:30 to the top of the mountain and saw no one until we came upon Eddie Harris who was up from the State Road area. We had a good visit with him as he shared his knowledge of the area and those who once owned the mountains surrounding the area. RJ Reynolds the tobacco king once owned most all of these mountains and the family heirs still owns several thousand acres down off our mountain top and is visible from his place which was the old Shally House. We love learning the history of the area and he told us about a stream of water that has the best supple of Brook Trout east of the Rocky Mountains that empties into a huge reservoir build back in the 30's. We can see this body of water from the top of our mountain.
We spoke with Joe and Jetta as they were leaving for their Sunday night church service before heading on back down the mountain. Since we had a large meal at lunch time I popped corn the old fashion way and that was our supper. I tuned into the finals of the little league series and once more Japan was the big winner over a Texas team, oh well. I watched a little pre-season football while Nancy was on the phone with family. Paw Paw is now in a private room at Walter Reed Hospital and still under observation for fluid on the brain, so far no surgery is planned which is promising. GG still is recovering and hopefully getting stronger each day so she can make the trip to Michigan. The family is making plans to sell her house and is emptying the contents to what different family members want. GG will not go back to her house to live and will need the proceeds for her living expenses according to the power of attorney, son Eric. It really is useless to keep the vacant house up with all the expenses.
I hand watered my garden as the promise of rain dried up each day(no pun intended). I'm still seeing the results of cut worms but I'm dispatching them with a thumb to the head when I can find them under the dirt next to the seedling they have cut off and eaten. I detest using any pesticides and so far I have enough seedlings to make up for the ones they destroy, oh well, LATER
