Farewell Picnic

We had a very blessed day this Sunday. Bethany and Jessica gave their testimonies last night and were baptized after the second service today along with Shelby Waibel. After the baptism service they served a nice lunch of build your own tacos. They really hit the spot as I had to skip lunch at church, run home and put the pork roast in the oven and get back to church before the second service started. By the time we got home from church the roast were done. We stopped at a farmers market on the way home and bought 36 ears of sweet corn and a watermelon. Mark worked on shucking the corn while I sliced the pork roast. The picnic at the lake was really fun. Many people came to say good by to the Reinhard family. The vaulters performed for the group, more than a hundred people. Karin dedicated the performance to Caleb's best friend, BJ Elsasser. Caleb is going to miss him so much, the two boys talked on the phone each night, I think they were accountability partners. Karin brought out how in vaulting we have holders and how important it is to hold your friend up. Mike and Diane cooked big slabs of bacon around the camp fire and shared it with everyone while the older kids were playing volley ball and the younger kids were all lined up for pony rides. We had some swimmers but I don't think they swam on purpose as they were in their clothes. They were glad for the fire. We were enjoying the company and conversations when the phone rang and it was Linden Homes where Nancy lives. They couldn't find her pills. Karin picked Nancy up and they sent all of her pills with Karin, then Dan took her home leaving the pills in Karin's car. I left the picnic and drove to Morton to deliver the pills. Karin lives the opposite direction and I was ready to go anyway. I'm tired.