Mini-vacation

This weekend was busy, but a really nice break from routine, especially with Holy Week and Easter coming.

Visited friends in the Gettysburg area on Friday - a fellow pastor whose wife and mine are very close philosophically as well as spiritually. My kids reacquainted themselves with their children. They are expecting a third in April - blessings and prayers, Heidi and Christopher!

On Saturday - a whirlwind tour. Left Gettysburg for York, and Annette got to see a best friend from high school. Left York for Dillsburg, where we saw a close friend of Annette's who is probably moving to the far west of the U.S. in the late spring.

Then met my parents at the Camp Hill Barnes and Noble, who took Michael for Sunday and Monday. They went and saw Rick Henly, a trumpeter who has played on Broadway and has solo albums out. We'll see them later today. We drove home to Williamsport - I needed to be up for church.

With Michael away, pretty low-key at home yesterday and today. We had Chad Hershberger at church, who is the director of Camp Mount Luther. I am quite hopeful that his visiting Sunday School and Children's Church really gets people interested in the camp. We need a larger camp participation - it is one of the things that really vitalizes a congregation. It seemed to be a welcome visit and the kids seemed excited. He said it was the first time he had gone around to individual Sunday Schools and this made an impression.

Made pretzels with Katie after church at the children's activity. Read a book to the kids that we picked up in Gettysburg: Pretzels by the Dozen. Katie is enjoying being the eldest. Her mother asked her whether she missed Michael. She said, and I quote, "Well, I needed a little break."

Today I've been puttering around with the template, cleaning up a bit and just hoping to stay flexible with my time; not to get too distracted by anything and get a couple things done. I think that it is good to visit other people's homes for the simple reason that you are less inflexible with your own - people live in a variety of circumstances and have different problems and successes. You get different perspectives on how you want to do your home life and order your life.