Last night of VBS, jam, weekend plans, our anniversary

 

I am not sure of the final tallies yet, but we had a very good VBS. There were over 100 kids attending each night and several salvations per night. I even got to lead one young boy through the plan of salvation on Tuesday night. Last night I prayed with a mentally challenged 40-year-old man who comes regularly to our church for some of his family members who are not saved. He is saved but he constantly worries about those he knows that are not. He fits right in with the children, and they pretty much accept his as he is. It is a fun dynamic to watch. Zach did a great job putting on the VBS, suing the teens of the church for skits, for support and for working with the younger children as they enquired about salvation. Cheyenne and Aubrey were with us for every night but Monday and a friend of theirs met them each of those nights. That made it extra fun for them. That being said, I am glad it is over, and we can enjoy a pleasant evening at home this evening.

Mama has bought a lot of fruit lately and too often is has gone bad as we delayed eating it. So, this morning I suggested we make it into jam – no sugar added. She happily agreed so we checked the requirement of several recipes to make the jam/jelly and found we are lacking one key ingredient. When she buys that ingredient later this afternoon, we will use the bread maker which has sat idle for months to make blackberry jam. The appliance has a “jelly’ selection and as Mama was reading up on it, it seems to be an easy way to get the process done. At the very least we will have the fruit in a form that can be more easily stored long term. A form I will enjoy more than in its present form.

I have a lot of work to tend to on the hives this weekend. I will probably start those multiple chores at lunch break today and continue as soon as I get off this evening. None of the frame additions, treatments or routine maintenance is an involved task, but each takes time in the beehive so trying to get them all done at once requires several hours. Separating the work to one hive at a time and completing all the needed items for that hive will keep me on track and help limit my time in the bee suit – which gets pretty hot in our current weather conditions.

Mama and I were able to finally post a video for her Color Street business on Rumble – a Facebook alternative. WE had delayed for some time doings so but I finally got one of her most recent videos and, using the computer, got the video into the Rumble format. You can find it at the following link. I have a simple request for you to open the link, check the + on the Rumble below the video so Mama can get noticed in the new format. If you do not have a Rumble account, I advise getting signed up so we can have an alternative to Facebook – especially as Facebook censors our free speech.

https://rumble.com/vkqses-professional-looking-manicure-in-about-20-minutes-for-under-15-usd.html

We are planning on doing a series of these videos over the next few days.

Cleaning coops, yard work and hopefully some fishing is in the plan for the weekend. On the fishing, I do not know yet if I will be able to keep fishing in the quarry lakes until I contact the new lessor to get permission. That contact will be made today.

Sunday is Mama’s and my 39^th anniversary. We do not have any special celebration planned for that day, but we are planning a multi-day trip to Corpus Christi in mis-September. So far, that is in the planning stages only, but we do plan to do something special for a combined, birthday anniversary celebration. Something for the two of us, pending any updates on continues lockdowns or other impositions on our ability to travel. Hopefully, our leadership in Texas will tell out intrusive Federal government to go pound sand with their overreach. Our children living in other states may not have their basic freedoms much longer if the current trend continues to subvert our Constitutional freedoms.

Here is the link to an interesting video of a discussion of the issues we could face with the current vaccines. The video is from May of 2020, but the information is relevant for what we see happening today.

https://youtu.be/HuMbRBTZhCY