We have just finished up a pot-luck lunch after the worship service here this morning.  Complete with fresh halibut and smoked salmon, the lunch was delicious.  You do not know how much I love salmon.  Anne and I eat a lot of salmon at our house, so much in fact that she asked me recently if we could at least go one week without it.  So, when I heard that fresh, smoked salmon was on the menu I was excited.  Amber bought a huge ham and we cooked it plus other things as our contribution.  It was all ver good.  And now we are off for our next stop where we will lead VBS in Koffman’s Cove for the next three days. i

We did not have too many in worship today, only six from the local church plus the pastor and his family.  It was good worship but it gave me a time to pause and thank God for where I am so privilieged to serve.  I am such a blessed pastor and so spoiled.  For example, I get so much time each week to study for sermons and the pastor here gets so little time.  He is busy during the summer taking care of teams that are here.  He is constantly on the go from one place to another.  He has little time except very early in the morning to pray and to study.  And then he comes to church each sunday to lead worship and preach to from six to a maximum number of twenty. 

Being here has given me a whole new appreciation for those called to this kind of work.  This is so hard for those who do this.  The conditions can be depressing:  snow and cold all winter and wet and cool all summer.  Seriously, it has rained every day all day with the clouds hanging so close overhead that they are suffocating.  The sun came out briefly today and Brian told me that it was the first time between last year and this year that he has seen the sun.  Wow!

Well, we are going to an area where I will be out of circulation for a few days.  I will try to give an update on Wednesday night if at all possible.