Shortly after the death of Iva Yates, Cornelia died, and a week later, Joy. Makes for a hard winter for our Philippi family.
We're going to miss Cornelia's smile and Joy's great sense of fun. Our hearts go out to Jimmy and June and Buddy and Sissy and David.
At the same time, Philippi's worship attendance in January averaged 76. This is a 14% increase over last January! This last Sunday, February 18, we had 88 in church. January and February have typically been very quiet, low attendance months at Philippi. Something is happening!
I struggled with a cold during my vacation, and now I'm on my third day of fever. I'll be at our Ash Wednesday service tonight, but I'm not getting much else done. Love to hear from any and all of you!
Peace,
Mike
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Blogging is a beautiful thing!!! I was happy to hear Harry mention at the board meeting that we have a blog site. I came home to check my sister's blog, the church blog and Jeanie's blog. Jeanie is Janet Smith's granddaughter. Here's what she writes:
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Well, everbody, I think I have survived. Last week we had a high of 17F. I know I talk about the weather a lot, but I have never really leaved in this kind of weather. Don't get me wrong, Virginia does get cold.
I met a girl from Latvia and she seemed so familir to me... it turns out that I met her 2 years ago and we did an extreme outdoor camp together. I have been to her house, I know her sister, and she is moving to the same area where I live in the US. Kinda crazy. We have been doing a lot lately in preparation to leave. We have 2 weeks left here and are busy almost everyday. It's exciting. I can't wait to get back to my apartment and see what is next. I am going to take about one month and strictly study Russian. I hate not being able to communicate. HATE it. Anyways. All is well. I went to Poland to get my visa stamped and aparently they asked for a bribe numerous times but I am naive and didn't understand what they were doing. It took up extra time, but I enjoyed the adventure. Our car had to be searched, and I saw, with my own eyes, the coruption of this country, and then I got yelled at... Really though, I am healthy and excited about what I am doing here. I will have a Newsletter out in March. Thanks for reading.
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