Month: March 2013

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    Penryn Mud Sale

    Part 2

    Saturday, March 16

     

     

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    I stood on the steps in front of the fire hall to get this view of the audience.

     

     

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    The young ladies on the front left are preparing to raise the next quilt for auction.

     

     

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    These crafts were sold after the quilt auction.

     

     

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    Now I'm back in my seat watching quilts sell.

     

     

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    These whoopie pies were in the food tent where I got our coffee.

    After getting in the long food line, I decided to get lunch (chicken corn soup and subs) at the same time I got the coffee. I figured by lunchtime the line would be lots longer.

     

     

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    While waiting in line, I made the mistake of mentioning to our granddaughter Gloria that she had blue lips - from candy - so she hid them from my camera.  You can see by the rain/snow in her hair that she has just come inside.

    Her friend Ashlea had gone outside and waited in the cold rain to buy fresh donuts for me.

     

     

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    Finally, I was able to make my purchase and get back to the quilt auction.

     

     

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    I like this pretty, knotted, comforter.

     

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    More pictures again tomorrow night.

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    Love is patient.

    1 Corinthians 13:4 (GOD’S WORD Translation)

     

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    Penryn Mud Sale

    Part 1

    Saturday, March 16

     

     

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    It happens every spring - the Penryn Mud Sale - and our Amish neighbor Eli goes by our house with a tractor and two or three steel-rimmed wagons, usually loaded with a few things for one of the auctions.

     

     

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    Mud sales are called mud sales because it is often muddy in spring.

     

     

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    The weather was quite different from last year - about thirty-five degrees colder. Last year it was warm and sunny. This year it was cold and rainy/snowy.

     

     

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    We arrived about 9:15 a.m. - after the Lancaster Prayer Breakfast.

     

     

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    The profit from this day goes to the fire company and a local Amish school.

     

     

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    The Penryn Fire Company prepared for the cold by setting up extra tents, but there were still a few outside auctions.

     

     

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    Even though I would have enjoyed french fries, I was not about to wait in line outside in the cold rain.

     

     

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    The main auction - inside the fire hall was quite crowded, so I was glad my sister and niece had placed our lawn chairs along the center aisle in the second row.

     

     

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    I take a few pictures for the Mud Sale Guide - published by our daughter Deb - so need a good seat, at least some of the time.

     

     

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    Roy and Deb had come to our house for Jere and Kristen's four youngest children while we were at the prayer breakfast and brought them to the mud sale, but because of the weather they did not stay.

    For that reason I looked for two people who might appreciate two of our four lawn chairs.

     

     

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    About that time I saw Cerwin's sister Velda and her husband, Mel, standing in back of the room. They were delighted to get good seats.

     

     

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    There were racks of quilts lined up against one of the walls.

     

     

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    It was delightful to have a good seat in a warm, crowded room, on a cold, snowy day, enjoying coffee and a donut while taking pictures of beautiful quilts.

     

     

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    Many pictures tomorrow night.

     

     

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    Look

    Matthew 6:26 (Good News Translation)

     

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    A Prayer Breakfast

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    Weather for the Birds

     

     

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    We were up early on Saturday morning (March 16) to be at Lancaster Chapter Prayer Breakfast by 7:30 a.m.

    It is always delightful to be with these friends.

     

     

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    I was going to a mud sale after breakfast where I wanted to have an Amish-made donut, so settled for fresh fruit and toast for breakfast.

     

     

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    Cerwin and I shared the same message as we did the previous month at the Bucks-Montgomery Chapter

    "Is Love Your Dedicated Run?"

     

     

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    What does life look like when we love the Lord our God with our whole heart and mind, and our neighbor as ourselves?

     

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    Weather for the Birds

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    A robin in our back yard on a very rainy day.

     

     

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    An eastern bluebird on a sunny day.

     

     

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    A northern mockingbird refused to look at me on a cloudy, cold day.

     

     

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    A tufted titmouse close to my kitchen window on a warm spring-like day.

     

     

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    A male cardinal enjoying seeds from the ground on a cold, late winter day.

     

     

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    A day later it was cloudy and feeling like snow.

     

     

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    Hours later it was snowing as the female cardinal searched for seeds.

     

     

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    This was Saturday, March 16 - just a few days before the first day of spring.

     

     

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    It did not look like or feel like spring this past weekend.

     

     

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    I am looking forward to warmer days, but cardinals sure do look pretty against a backdrop of snow.

     

     

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    Follow

    Matthew 4:19 (New King James Version)

     

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    Sportsmen's Dinner

    Family Worship Center, Leola, PA

    Friday, March 15 - Part 2

     

     

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    Four of the guys with our group of fourteen: Quintin, Josiah, Nate, and Tyler.

     

     

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    The program began at 6:35 p.m. with a live auction to benefit Southern End Strutters "Wheelin' Sportsmen" Program.

    "Wheelin' Sportsmen" are handicapped hunters.

     

     

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    The total funds raised was something like $4,750.00 (amount remembered by Justin).

     

     

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    Partway through the auction these two hunters emerged - with one showing the other how to shoot a gun. It ended up with what appeared to be a clay bird shoot at shirts and hats that were thrown into the audience.

     

     

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    Then this hunter emerged from the outhouse with this shirt launcher gun.

     

     

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    George, one of our group, got a shirt that was thrown/shot into the audience.

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    Following the auction, there was the door prize drawing when many items (total value of more than $10,000.00) were given to audience members.

    Diana was the only one in our group to receive something. Her prize included gift cards to several local sporting goods businesses that totaled $75.00, also a deer and turkey call.

     

     

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    The special feature of the evening was Brodie Swisher from the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana, an acclaimed writer and world champion of the Great American Game Calling Challenge.

    Brodie is listed as a Speaker/Writer/Pastor/Critter Killer on his website.

     

     

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    He invited these two young Amish boys to come to the stage to help him demonstrate a few calls.

     

     

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    One thing he said was that calling an animal into your shooting range is a form of deception.

     

     

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    After demonstrating many calls and showing several short videos, he picked up his Bible and reminded us that Satan is the one trying to deceive us.

    His greatest deception is trying to make people think they don't need God.

     

     

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    Don't be deceived. You will reap what you sow.

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    Don't get consumed with the pursuit.

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    Be a follower. Jesus wants followers.

     

     

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    Lead

    1 Peter 5:3 (New Life Version)

     

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    Sportsmen's Dinner

    Family Worship Center, Leola, PA

    Friday, March 15 - Part 1

     

     

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    I hadn't expected to go to the Sportsmen's Dinner this year. However, one of the young men had to cancel and our grandsons could not find a replacement.

     

     

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    There were fourteen in our group who enjoyed the meal and program.

     

     

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    It was nice to enjoy delicious food that I didn't have to cook.

     

     

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    Diana and Cerwin checking out an outfitter from Missouri.

     

     

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    Cerwin brought this literature home, and the more he learned about this hunt, the more excited he became - and because this event includes lots of activities for non-hunting wives, we decided to book a hunting trip to Missouri in November.

     

     

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    I enjoyed seeing the interesting hunting-related exhibits.

     

     

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    www.southernendstrutters.com

     

     

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    Several talented craftsmen displayed their products.

     

     

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    Metzler Decoys

     

     

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    A variety of callers. I think these are for calling wild turkey.

     

     

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    These ladies were selling interesting bags - especially for women - for carrying hunting needs.

     

     

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    You can check it out at www.fashionablyconcealed.weebly.com.

    For more information, you can contact Heather Butler at hsb001@comcast.net.

     

     

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    Each person received a program/entry form with a pen. These two young men were assembling them and handing them to crowd of people who entered the church sanctuary.

     

     

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    There were hunting videos to watch for those who were in the auditorium early.

     

     

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    I was impressed with the creative stage.

     

     

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    There were many nice door prizes.

     

     

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    This beautiful painting "Deep in the Woods" by Jack Paluh was part of the evening's auction.

     

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    More in the next post.

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    PS: Xanga did not let me post last night - the reason I am posting this morning.

     

     

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    Pray

    Ephesians 6:18 (New Life Version)

     

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