Berry Blessings

     Seeing my friend, DeAnna's web page with short, interesting stories about everyday, average activities has inspired me to renew my efforts at blog posts. We had started a series about the various Cameroonian New Testament translations that we have been privileged to support during the years of our ministry, but, after the first post, it became difficult to get all of the details we needed to continue that series. I do hope that Kevin will soon be able to acquire the necessary information so that we can continue the stories of those translations, but in the meantime, my stories will have to do.

     I love how God provides for some of the "little things" in our life. I love picking fruits (and eating them!), and there are several farms here in Maryland that allow people to come and pick their own fruit. However, just when the Maryland fruits were getting ripe for picking at these local farms, we became too busy to get out and pick them! Most of the activities centered around getting Josiah ready, both physically and emotionally, to ship out to Marine Corps Basic Training.

Don't they look yummy!

     But in the midst of all that busy and very emotional preparation, the berries right here in our own backyard were beginning to ripen too. We discovered that there are a LOT of berry bushes, of various different types, scattered about the woods on the edges of the enormous property where we are living at Liberty Church, PCA, and all of them were there, waiting to be picked! So I have thoroughly enjoyed escaping the confines of the house, feeling the summer heat, getting pricked here and there, and getting a bit of exercise too. I suppose we all enjoyed eating the berries as well!

Caleb being silly while "helping" pick berries.

     Thanks, God, for Your "little" blessings! Keep us ever mindful of them, that we would always know how blessed we truly are, no matter what our circumstances might be.