Vacation

Mark and Kelsey just returned from a week of camp and now we are taking a little family vacation. We got all packed up, took our places in the vehicle and went to start it. Nothing happened. Dead battery. After jumping it, we drove to Bill's Standard where they tested it. It failed the test. After a new battery we are on the road. Mark is driving next so he is getting some sleep.

For A Good Cause

Last Sunday at Living Hope Church we had a special offering to raise money for children's Sunday Schools in a country I can not disclose. Our goal is to provide money for 10 Sunday Schools at $762 each. A few weeks ago I added a little incentive to the offering. With every dollar a person gave they would get one vote to go towards the pastors or their wife. The losing, or is it winning, person would receive a pie in their face.

(Elene Tonder, from our missions committee, enjoying the anticipation)

As you can see from the Pictures, my wife Darla was the recipient. She was a great sport. Thanks to everyone who gave. We raised enough for 2 Sunday Schools. Just 8 more to go! If you would like to donate towards this awesome project, please contact me.

Ross Turner Worship Concert

Join us tonight at 7 PM at Living Hope Church in Little Falls. It's going to be an awesome night of worship.

Summer?

It's July 16th, the middle of summer and we were at Andrew's baseball game. You would think it would be a beautiful night, a warm night. Not so!!!!!

As you can see from the picture of Jeni Kornbaum, Darla and Jen Loukinen, it was anything but summer. There is no way anyone will ever convince me of global warming, not even, or especially, Al Gore. Florida in the summer is sounding really good.

Grandma's "Plot"

On our way to my parent's cabin in Pine City, we stopped in the small community of Bock. It is here where my Grandma Lovlein and her parents are buried. Certain memories flood through my mind. My grandma use to work at Tonka Toys. I always thought she had the coolest job, making the toys I played with.

My other memory is of her visits to our house. She always brought us a bag of m & m's.

I am inspired to make this weekend a memory filled one for my kids and their grandparents.

Facebook Username

I just set up my facebook username. Unfortunately my top choices were already gone. You can now go directly to my facebook sight by typing in the link www.facebook.com/revkeiththompson If you are on facebook and want a username, I would do it asap.

Grilling...not

Today after church I was thinking, "Memorial weekend, I've got to grill at least once". I thought I would check to make sure I had enough propaine and that everything was working fine. Was I suprised. As you can see from the picture, everything was rusted out. I went to buy some "universal" parts only to find out my grill must not be from this universe.

Have you ever been saving up for a certain item, only to have something break down and need to be replaced. Sometimes it's so hard to get ahead.

If anyone knows of a good grill that you are happy with, please leave me a comment.