Reconnecting with Wendy, Friends, and Former Church

I'm realizing I front-loaded the first half of sabbatical with a LOT of travel so we are quite ready to be home a little more.  Indiana, Alabama, Ohio and most recently Illinois with a couple days in between each trip makes us thankful to be sleeping in our own beds a little more consistently.

Our two most recent trips were Hocking Hills, Ohio and West Chicago Illinois.

Just Wendy and I were able to travel to Hocking Hills State Park in OH without kids for a few days last week.  We got a cute little Airbnb in the woods and did a lot of hiking.  It's absolutely beautiful and I definitely recommend it if you like hiking and being in God's creation.  What a blessing to have a few days for just me and Wendy to reconnect.

Psalm 95:1–4

[1] Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;

let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!

[2] Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;

let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

[3] For the LORD is a great God,

and a great King above all gods.

[4] In his hand are the depths of the earth;

the heights of the mountains are his also.

Last Sunday we worshiped at Trinity PCA here in town and celebrated Mother's Day with our whole family.  Then this past long weekend, we returned to West Chicago, IL which is where we did ministry and called home from 2005 to 2017.  We stayed with some close friends, had the god-timed privilege of attending a funeral of the wife of a long-time friend and were blessed to worship with our former small church of about 100 faithful saints. (Faith Community Church, PCA).

"And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent." Colossians 1:18