Thursday, July 12, 2007

When you hear the word VERMONT, what comes to mind?

Beautiful mountains? Green trees? Lovely lakes?

How about families in need? How about elderly people in nursing care facilities?

This week, the youth mission team from St. Paul's is seeing a whole new side of Vermont . . . come on Sunday morning to hear their stories!

They travel home tomorrow (Friday, 7/13). Please keep them in your prayers as they return to us.

Blessings,
Janet+

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Listening . . .

. . . I've been doing a lot more of it over the past few days.

While on vacation, some people leave their hearts in San Francisco. While on vacation last week, I left my voice in east Virginia.

Laryngitis is the diagnosis. Waiting it out is the remedy.

So for now, I'm doing a lot more listening than talking. And what I've realized is that usually it's the other way around.

So I'm listening. Listening to my kids, listening to my husband. I'm also listening longer and more carefully to the words of Scripture, as well as to the words of some folks writing books and articles on current events and Christian living.

Maybe when I get my voice back, I'll have some new, interesting things to say.

Blessings,
Janet+