Wedding Wrapup 7/27/2014
Christopher and Rachel got married yesterday with just the right combination of many lovely things about a wedding. Let me count the ways: Good singing, warm hospitality, a radiant bride and beaming groom, good friends and relatives in attendance, a worshipful service with a minimum of theatrics, an interesting sermon, my brother Ronald's first performance of a wedding ceremony--his son's, simplicity in decorations, lots of willing helpers, good food, a comfortable venue, great stories and good wishes at open mike.
Hiromi and I had a wonderful few days of right combinations too. A nice hotel where we could be alone, and great fellowship with many friends and relatives when we were part of the weekend festivities.
Several conversations particularly sank deeply into my hungry soul and helped restore and fortify it.
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Three new families are set to take up residence in the Labette County, Kansas area within the next year. Two families plan to move in from Kalona, Iowa and one family plans to come from the Thomas, OK area. Since I was there last to visit, the Javan Zimmerman family has moved in, and David and Beverly Smith have returned after an absence of several years. They had gone to take care of David's parents in West Virginia.
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Parts of Labette County are more reminiscent of the Ozarks than the plains of central and western Kansas. I saw only one irrigated field in the area, but most of the corn and soybean crops looked very good.
In that area, travel on unpaved roads on dry days raises choking clouds of white limestone-rock dust, unlike the dirt-dust we have on dry unpaved roads in this area.
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Several names from Little House on the Prairie are familiar local names in the SE corner of Kansas. The town of Independence and the Virdigris River are both in the area. A replica of the little house is a tourist attraction, near where the Ingalls family once lived. The exact location is unknown.
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Ronald and Brenda have made some significant changes to their " little house" since I saw it last. They have enlarged the kitchen to encompass the area formerly occupied by a patio, and removed the walls between the kitchen, dining room (which was the old kitchen), and living room. New cabinets (or at least an entirely new configuration) and a new pantry make it an efficient space. Also, a large porch has been added to the front of the house, and the former garage downstairs has been converted into a mud room and canning and food storage area. A downstairs sitting area got a complete makeover with some structural reinforcements and new coverings on all surfaces. All this happened without any awkward exterior lines on the house or patched together appearances.
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Hiromi had both good and bad news on a problem with the fan in his Eclipse. The good news was that no new parts were needed to fix the problem. The bad news was that a mouse had taken a page from the book on gerbil exercise and built a nest inside the "squirrel cage" fan. Steve, at Fairview carried out an eviction, and the fan works fine again.
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Verda and Nathan and Virgil, the children of Sam and Brenda, were "home" for the wedding. It was Verda's first trip home after the family's move to California. Nathan had been back last summer.
Virgil came from Pennsylvania for the event.
Luke taught the Sunday School class for everyone together today--not the usual practice, but an effort to deal with the much-larger-than-usual crowd. He did an excellent job.
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The youngest boy grandchild, Wyatt is seven months old. He hoists himself into a standing position at will, along furniture, and can perform a neat sit-up if someone stabilizes his feet while he's lying down. He and Carson have both gotten their hair snipped for the first time recently.
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A tragic accident involving a locally-owned trash truck resulted in the death of one person, and injuries for a few others. Five vehicles were involved when the truck suddenly came upon vehicles stopped on the road. The man from the KC area who died was struck when he was outside his vehicle to gather up traffic cones that had been in place during a road construction project in that spot. Apparently no warning signs about road construction remained at the time of the accident. Perhaps they had just been gathered up ahead of the last few traffic cones.
I'm praying for JMY, who drove the truck, and for those injured and their families. I also pray for individuals in the company whose vehicles have been involved in several serious accidents in the past year.
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We have another week of cool weather coming right up, according to weather forecasts. This seems almost too good to be true, but I'm willing to cast aside my doubts and embrace it.
Hiromi and I had a wonderful few days of right combinations too. A nice hotel where we could be alone, and great fellowship with many friends and relatives when we were part of the weekend festivities.
Several conversations particularly sank deeply into my hungry soul and helped restore and fortify it.
*******************
Three new families are set to take up residence in the Labette County, Kansas area within the next year. Two families plan to move in from Kalona, Iowa and one family plans to come from the Thomas, OK area. Since I was there last to visit, the Javan Zimmerman family has moved in, and David and Beverly Smith have returned after an absence of several years. They had gone to take care of David's parents in West Virginia.
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Parts of Labette County are more reminiscent of the Ozarks than the plains of central and western Kansas. I saw only one irrigated field in the area, but most of the corn and soybean crops looked very good.
In that area, travel on unpaved roads on dry days raises choking clouds of white limestone-rock dust, unlike the dirt-dust we have on dry unpaved roads in this area.
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Several names from Little House on the Prairie are familiar local names in the SE corner of Kansas. The town of Independence and the Virdigris River are both in the area. A replica of the little house is a tourist attraction, near where the Ingalls family once lived. The exact location is unknown.
*******************
Ronald and Brenda have made some significant changes to their " little house" since I saw it last. They have enlarged the kitchen to encompass the area formerly occupied by a patio, and removed the walls between the kitchen, dining room (which was the old kitchen), and living room. New cabinets (or at least an entirely new configuration) and a new pantry make it an efficient space. Also, a large porch has been added to the front of the house, and the former garage downstairs has been converted into a mud room and canning and food storage area. A downstairs sitting area got a complete makeover with some structural reinforcements and new coverings on all surfaces. All this happened without any awkward exterior lines on the house or patched together appearances.
******************
Hiromi had both good and bad news on a problem with the fan in his Eclipse. The good news was that no new parts were needed to fix the problem. The bad news was that a mouse had taken a page from the book on gerbil exercise and built a nest inside the "squirrel cage" fan. Steve, at Fairview carried out an eviction, and the fan works fine again.
*******************
Verda and Nathan and Virgil, the children of Sam and Brenda, were "home" for the wedding. It was Verda's first trip home after the family's move to California. Nathan had been back last summer.
Virgil came from Pennsylvania for the event.
Luke taught the Sunday School class for everyone together today--not the usual practice, but an effort to deal with the much-larger-than-usual crowd. He did an excellent job.
*******************
The youngest boy grandchild, Wyatt is seven months old. He hoists himself into a standing position at will, along furniture, and can perform a neat sit-up if someone stabilizes his feet while he's lying down. He and Carson have both gotten their hair snipped for the first time recently.
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A tragic accident involving a locally-owned trash truck resulted in the death of one person, and injuries for a few others. Five vehicles were involved when the truck suddenly came upon vehicles stopped on the road. The man from the KC area who died was struck when he was outside his vehicle to gather up traffic cones that had been in place during a road construction project in that spot. Apparently no warning signs about road construction remained at the time of the accident. Perhaps they had just been gathered up ahead of the last few traffic cones.
I'm praying for JMY, who drove the truck, and for those injured and their families. I also pray for individuals in the company whose vehicles have been involved in several serious accidents in the past year.
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We have another week of cool weather coming right up, according to weather forecasts. This seems almost too good to be true, but I'm willing to cast aside my doubts and embrace it.
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