Cool Sunday

Here's an animated version of Josh and myself dressed as Bible characters - apostles - assaulting a kid in order to get his two loaves of bread and five fish.  This is an oldie but a goodie, and part of our KidPak service online this morning.  We started our morning at KidPak, or at least online with KidPak.  Here we are watching our fifth consecutive online KidPak service, and our sixth weekend of Free Chapel's service.  It's becoming a bit routine now.  We're still super anxious to get out of the house, and of course this scripture has a whole new meaning for a lot of us:

I rejoiced with those who said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

-Psalm 122:1 NIV

This morning, Madison couldn't wait to see the game segment, which was a scavenger hunt race throughout the church.  Daddy and Josh were running all over the place, chasing down Bailey and Joey, picture below, as they solved clues and raced from spot to spot.

We all were so exhausted at the end!  That was brutal!  But Madison enjoyed the video this morning - Josh does a great job editing these.

After KidPak, we watched our main service as well, concluding the "Miracles in your Home" series with another great message from Pastor Franklin.  It was a very nice morning!

We had a lot of rainstorms today, which certainly prevented us from going outside to do any yard work.  Some of the rain was heavier, although nothing like the big storms we had last weekend.  The weather got really cool too.  Nana and Ye-Ye came over to visit for a bit, and we sat and talked on the porch for a while in a break between the rainstorms.

Madison did her usual work on the piano, but was taking it easy today, talking on her phone with her friends and doing some games on her computer.  Tonight, we all watched the very first Clones Wars animated movie, and I can't believe it's been that long since that first one came out.  We saw it in the theaters, because we're big fans.  But Madison wasn't with us at the time.  For years, we were faithfully watching each episode on the Cartoon Network, until the abrupt end there - now we've got new episodes all these years later, and only three new ones left.  It's hard to believe it's coming to an end!  This is one of those shows we've been there for since the very beginning.

We read again tonight, back in Narnia and meeting up with Lord Bern in the Lone Islands.  We've got along way to go on this nautical journey, but it's just been magical so far, a really enjoyable visit back to one of my favorite books.  I remember reading this when I was Madison's age, which of course was not that long ago.  Anyway, it's been a favorite of mine!

We're praying tonight for those who are sick, and for our nation's leaders to make the best decisions.  It's a difficult time for many, but we're thankful for the grace that is currently over us now.  May that continue, but may those affected in such severe ways find peace and that same grace.  We pray for healing, certainly.