Month: October 2022

Now these are the people of the province who came up from the
captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had
taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah,
each to his own town, (Ezra 2:1). These people had to be able to
prove they were descendants of Abraham to have full privileges
of a Jew. We pray our lives refl ect our heavenly Father. Please
pray for John, a young father with liver cancer.

“Signs, signs, everywhere are signs, talking about the signs and they’re breaking my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” So say the vocals to the song “Signs.” According to YouTube, “Signs”, by Canadian rock group The Five Man Electrical Band (formerly The Staccatos), was written by lead vocalist Les Emmerson. It was released as a B-side single in 1970 from their “Good-byes and Butterflies” album and then re-released as an A-side single in 1971 where it reached #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart who ranked it as the No. 24 song for that year.

The Fall Heller’s Apple Festival happened in Wapwallopen, PA on Saturday and Sunday, October 15 and 16, 2022. Michael and Karen Steele ran the booth for the Fellowship of Christian Farmers. David and Sally Good also volunteered.

A few months ago, somebody sent me an anonymous package in the mail postmarked from Tinley Park, Illinois. I was most curious about this package, because I don’t know anybody from Tinley Park, Illinois. When I opened it, I found a 4” x 12” wooden plaque with the emboldened words on it in all caps: WORK HARD STAY HUMBLE.

On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida as a category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 150 mph, causing a massive storm surge, inundating the coastal areas near Fort Meyers, Cape Coral, all the way up to Sarasota and beyond.

Not long ago I had a meeting in our church parking lot with the editor of this newspaper, Dan Stevens.

We went shopping for trees today.  It seems when you plant trees in the fall they have a  better survival rate than spring planting. Last fall at this time, we planted nine trees around our new parking lot at church. They were a variety of different types of maple trees. The soil they were planted in wasn’t the greatest, it was a mixture of mostly clay and a little topsoil that got pushed to the edges during excavation. In spite of not watering them all summer, they are all doing well. 

With fall comes the harvest. And with the harvest our church has an annual garden produce contest. So far, the biggest watermelon has weighed in at 38.8 pounds and the largest tomato is 16 inches in circumference. Our granddaughter has the biggest pumpkin – (many thanks to Grandma) – let’s just say it’s huge! Somebody else entered a pear that’s over 10 inches in diameter. It’s a lot of fun celebrating God’s goodness.