Patricia and I are excited about this blog/web site that our son, Jeff, has set up for us. We have been slow to join this new age of Internet communication and did not do well in keeping the last web site updated. This one is supposed to be much more “user friendly” and we are looking forward to keeping in touch this way. We are planning to post, not only regular ministry and schedule updates, but thoughts on several subjects including worship and revival.

This is a special “home week” for us. Jeff, Jessica and our two grandsons, Ethan and Evan, are with us, and my days are spent fishing (I am the worm and cricket puter-oner), running all over the place in the Polaris 4 wheeler, swimming and all those kinds of things that keep little eight and three year olds entertained.

Last night, Sunday, was very special for us. We did a Sermon in Song at Village Baptist Church, here in our home town of Bella Vista, AR, and Ethan and I sang a song that Patricia and I wrote some years ago called “Child of My Child.” I had written the words in memory of my maternal grandfather who had a significant influence on me when I lived with him in Campbellton, NB, Canada, as a little boy. I called him “Gang Gang.” The song, of course, was not only one of reminiscing, but one of faith, as we looked forward to the day when we would have our own grandchildren. So, to get to sing it with Ethan last night meant a lot to this granddad who has been named “Grah Grah!” I guess I deserve it. Here are a few lines:

Child of my child, I love you/You are a part of me/By the miracle of creation you’re the child of my child, you see/One day you’ll know what I’m saying/One day you’ll understand/ When you have a child of your child/ To hold like I’m holding your hand.

Must go. Breakfast time. Blessings…