July 10 Sunday Reconciliation

Today was spent staying at Pastor Jason & Karin's home and worshipping at Kanawha & Wright Christian Reformed Churches.  Pastor Jason was a guest preacher at the Kanawha church. When someone we were introduced to found out we were bicycling, he said, "I saw you at the store yesterday," which was in a town 10 miles away. Then we headed back to Wright for the service there, so we heard the same sermon twice, which was on reconciliation and how sin has created the need for reconciliation with God and others and it is God that makes it possible for reconciliation to happen.  The songs were different at each church, which gave us variety in our worship of God today. 
We have had many good  conversations about family and faith while we were here.  We spent the afternoon having fun going over maps and working out our route to Madison, WI, and have a couple of Warm Showers hosts liined up for the trip there.  Had fun at Pizza Ranch where we met Karin after she finished work at a hospital in a nearby town.  Jim had a new record:  spending over $100 for fuel and that was only 2/3 of a tank for a diesel pickup truck. 

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  1. Bill and PennyJuly 11, 2022 at 12:18 PM

    So exciting that you were able to see and stay with Jason and Karin! God works out all the details for sure. Blessings!

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