Shopping's All Done!

Well, I believe my Christmas shopping is pretty much done now. Yesterday, we went on our annual trip to Altoona. We didn't really go for anything in particular, but this has become an annual thing that we enjoy.
Mom & Dad and / or I went to: Five Below - didn't buy anything, Panera Bread - cinnamon rolls and brownies - expensive but good!, Barnes and Noble - bought a book for myself - not too sure about it, Unkel Joe's Woodshed - yes that is spelled right! - it's a really neat store that has a little bit of everything, Prime Sirloin Buffet for lunch - all you can eat steak and much more - as usual, I ate too much but it sure was good!, Logan Valley Mall - bought a few things there - it's a really nice mall, Salvation Army Thrift Store - bought a couple more things.
Our next stop was home - it was a great day!

In Disguise or A Hypocrite?

After my last post, I was recently asked if I really was still here, so I decided I better put another post on here.
Here is a picture from our service Sunday night.
Dad preached a message on not man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart and how we shouldn't judge by appearances.
He turned this into an object lesson by having a soldier, a nurse, a graduate, a mother, a waitress and a policeman.
These people are usually known as Joel Sickler, Linette Sickler, Angela Sickler, Hannah Sickler, Serena Sickler and myself.
As a result of our appearances, Dad accused the six of us of being hypocrites!
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I'm Still Around!

Yes, I'm still around!
There's been a lot going on around here, but we're doing pretty good.
I have a lot of pictures, I'll try to get them on here in the not too distant future.
I realize that a lot of people have migrated to Facebook, but there are still some things that I like better about the blogs, so I'll see how this goes for a little while anyway.
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Penns Creek Camp 2009 - Part 2

I know, I'm way behind in doing this! Here are some pictures from the second week of Penns Creek Camp.
Mary Braun and at least some of the kids in the VBS program
The three ministers (and their wives) who were ordained this year - Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Stratton, Mr. & Mrs. Jonas Hight and Mr. & Mrs. Eric Kuhns

The Lebanon Valley Gospel Band

Bro. Plank trying to find the owner of a set of keys that was found on the camp ground

A view from the back of the tabernacle during the last service of camp

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Penns Creek Camp 2009 - Part 1

Here are some pictures from the first weekend of Penns Creek Camp. These pictures aren't in any particular order.
Here is one of the quartets that sang during the Penn View Bible Institute service - Aaron McCarty, Dwight Rine, Dan Durkee and Steve Davis
Heritage Ladies Trio from Penn View

Majesty Mixed Quartet from Penn View

We got to see our good friends, the Calhouns - Laura was there, she's behind Lizzie on this pic (if you look close you can see her hand up on the neck of the bass!)

Mom & Dad managed to acquire three more "grandkids" at camp this year! Here's the youngest one, Laura Shrout (the other two were Laura's big sisters - Emily and Mariah).

Here are Lucas and Hannah Shrout singing - they did a great job!

Check back later for more pictures!

Fourth Of July Celebration

This past Saturday was the annual raft regatta and fireworks here in Lewistown (yeah, I know, we do things different around here!)
Here are pictures of some of the rafts.
The big raft to the left had 69 people on it.
This one won the prize for being the prettiest raft.

This guy was the fastest one - he made it 4.7 miles in just a little over an hour.

I am glad to say that these two were just costumes - fortunately!

Here are a few pictures of the fireworks - they were very nice this year.

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A Snowstorm?

No, it's not really a snowstorm!
I was sitting on the porch this morning waiting for Mom & Dad to come over from church when I saw the wind blowing the petals from our neighbors' tree across in front of their house. I thought it looked neat, so I tried taking a picture of it. If you enlarge the photo by clicking on it, the petals show up even better.
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Here They Are!

Here are the promised pictures from our Spring Revival with Rev. Rick Maloyed.
Bro. Maloyed preached and Bro. & Sis. Maloyed sang.
Sometimes, Bro. Maloyed even preached from behind the pulpit!
But, he spent a lot of time out from behind the pulpit.

Quite a bit of that time that he wasn't behind the pulpit, he wasn't even on the platform!

Bro. & Sis. Maloyed did a great job singing.

Sometimes, they sang with the guitar -

and sometimes they sang with the piano.

We had a great, encouraging series of Revival services. The Maloyeds were tremendous to have in the home.

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Pictures To Come!

We just finished our Spring Revival Services here at Lewistown. I have some pictures that I want to post but there's one that I want to get from Dad before I post any. Hopefully I can post them this evening.

You're Invited!

Yes, I know that it has been a while since I've been on here.
I guess it's called "out of sight, out of mind" or something like that!
Things have been quite interesting around here. For more details of what has been going on, check out The Happy Pastor Blog.
I would like to take the time to invite you to our Spring Revival Services.

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

If you check out The Happy Pastor blog, you will see that he posted a picture to go with a Happy Anniversary wish. Since it takes two people for there to be an anniversary, I thought it would only be fair to post the rest of that picture, so here it is!
Here are the two men who performed the ceremony that day - my two grandfathers, Dad's Dad on the left and Rev. Marlin Crock, my adopted Grandfather, on the right.

Florida - Precious Memories

Here are some pictures from our recent trip to Florida. This is only a few of the over 300 that I got prints made of and a small fraction of the over 1500 that Dad & I took.
This is shortly after we left Harrisburg.
Florida, here we come! Coming into Tampa

The five that stayed in the "Men's Quarters" at our church camp - L - R: Stan Gemberling, Bro. Krauss, Me, Steve Aurand, Joe "Rebel" Holingsworth

Some of the people standing outside talking after the Sunday morning service

The beautiful dining hall

Even in Florida, Dad "has" to clean the tabernacle.

One of the camp's resident monkey squirrels

The Bible says that we should become like children, so . . .

Mom, Dad & I at the sign for John's Pass, a neat little place with a bunch of little shops.

Here is where we ate supper on Monday evening - Delicious

Madeira Beach

Here is the air boat that we rode out to the Gulf Of Mexico. In this pic, you can also see the man that was running it.

One of the many beautiful houses that we saw

The Gulf Of Mexico!

On Wednesday, we went to the Florida Aquarium. It was very nice!

Comin' right at ya!

Here a fish, there a fish, everywhere a fish!

The SS American Victory - a World War II Merchant Marine ship that Dad & I toured

Me at the wheel

The kitchen - or galley or whatever you call it - of the ship.

Good-bye Florida!

This is what our car looked like when we got back to Harrisburg! It got into the 80s the day we left Florida - it was 22 when we got to Harrisburg!

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