No, seriously, it was a family vacation of sorts.
Highlights:
- visiting friends in Nebraska and commiserating about parsonages, including the care congregations can show their shepherd
- the joy and reminder of preaching at an ordination and watching congregations eagerly receive their new pastor
- being reminded of the slogan, “God’s Word and Luther’s doctrine pure shall now and evermore endure” as carved on a beautiful church
- ecumenically visiting dear ELS friends in their new southern Minnesota parish
- seeing family in Illinois
- reminding loved ones of baptism and it’s comforts
- meeting with my editor over crepes, country fried steak, omelettes and discussing BJS while my children made a mess worthy of BJS headlines
- buying novelty gifts for my family at a massive Bass Pro Shop
- still awaiting another full day of driving with three small children
- surprise visiting a cousin and fellow pastor in Iowa
Patience is:
- driving from Wyoming to Illinois via SD, MN, and IA and NE and return without a DVD player
- waiting for my wife to type this on a tiny smart phone keypad as we hurtle down the interstate
Love is:
- typing aforementioned post for previously mentioned husband