So, as we celebrate the birthday, we also celebrated Pentecost Sunday...the day the Spirit of God came to earth in weird and wonderful ways. Folks were all speaking various languages and everyone could be understood! The Spirit settled upon folks like tongues of fire, the Bible story tells us. It would have been cool to see...and hear!!! In church about seven or eight folks stood up and read that story from the Bible...all at the same time...in their native language!!! Talk about cool! I had never before in all my sixty-five years of living, heard that many languages being spoken all at once. It was weird AND wonderful. So it gave us a small glimpse of what it may have been like in Bible times on the day of Pentecost when that happened. God's Spirit, living and active...like it is today.
Since I had a mean headache most of last night, I got up at around 5 AM to get a bit of ice and take a pill. Didn't get back to sleep and just stayed up since I needed to be at church anyway at 8:30 for worship practice before church began. Needless to say, I had a nap this afternoon. I NEVER nap in the afternoon!!! Today I did. Two solid hours. Conked.
Shannon came over for our Victoria Day BBQ...just the three of us. We had hot dogs and hamburgers and smokies. She brought a potato dill salad....oh.....my.....goodness.....the best I've ever eaten...no kidding!!! We also cooked some corn on the cob...sweet and juicy! And the grand finale...her Upside Down Berry Pie...a la mode!!!! Just figured out the caloric intake in my supper...around oh.....eleven thousand or there abouts but who's counting:( If we keep this up, our boat will sink this summer!!!
Anyway, here's a picture run down of our day......
Once again, Tracy Anderson, church decorator, adorned our sanctuary with "tongues of fire" to
represent Pentecost Sunday. Beautiful!
Haley and her mom, Aileen.
The Congo influence....beautiful!
Visiting after church.
Greeting new friends.
Elikia and her daddy, Eric...all dressed in their Congo attire.
Then came the BBQ!
Potato Dill Salad!
Various condiments including avocado and old cheese.
The Upside Down Berry Pie...strawberries, raspberries, black and blue berries
topped with heart cut-outs, sprinkled with sugar and drizzled with berry juice. Tangy!
The creator admiring her creation.
And of course, this past week the apartment changed looks. Spare bedroom was occupied by one tree planter son and it always looks like a forest in there...no kidding! So good to have him home one day a week for three weeks. Then back again to plant more in Ontario. A great way to change the planet AND make some good cash!
Hope your weekend was in some form of celebrating too. Happy Victoria Day!!!!
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