The East Coast

Wow! We have been so busy and seen so much in the past few weeks. We had one other meeting in Pennsylvania after being in Emmaus. We stayed with the Gables in Schuylkill Haven, PA. We really enjoyed the few days we were there. Since it was right before the 4th of July we were able to go to a fire works display on Friday night.
Saturday, July 2, we headed to Long Island. Harry loved all of the bridges we passed over, we did not love paying the toll! It took us an hour to get over the George Washington Bridge. While sitting in traffic we saw 23 or 24 different license plates.
July 4, we drove up to Fishkill, NY to spend the week with the Morrisons. We did a lot that week. When we arrived at the church we immediately left for West Point to see the fire works. The drive there was amazing. It was a very scenic route along the Hudson River. Don and I agreed that it reminded us of driving up Loch Ness. We had a really great time there. I'm glad we got there early because it was packed! The band played a few patriotic selections. They didn't start fireworks til 9:30. It had already been dark a while. Kathy didn't like the fireworks, but daddy was able to calm her down and she actually fell asleep. Harry loved the fireworks! We didn't get home til midnight and both kids fell asleep on the way home.
Friday we were going to go to NYC but only Don went. The kids had been up a lot during the night so we decided to let them sleep in. He really enjoyed it.
July 11 we drove south to Odenton, MD for a mission's conference. Don preached that night and the next two night were Bro. Castner to Chile and Bro Olsen to Zambia. I had met the Castners years ago so it was nice seeing them again. We went to Washington D.C. on Tuesday. The men walked around the Mall and the ladies toured the Smithsonian. It was so hot out. We enjoyed the air conditioned museum! We ate lunch at the museum and then walked over to the White House. Kathy fell asleep and Harry was tired from wlking by the time we left. The next day, Wednesday, Don watched the kids during nap time while I went with the group to Fort McHenry. It was much cooler out then it had been the previous days. I learned a lot about the battle of 1812 and how "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written. As we were about to leave the fort a park ranger came in and said they had to take down the flag because of storm warnings. The flag was a copy of the original; 15 stars and stripes, 32'x40'. So most of us in the group and others visiting that day were able to help put the flag away. It was a neat experience.
It has been great the way all of the things we've seen has been around the 4th of July; Indepence Hall, Liberty Bell, West Point, Washington D.C. and Fort McHenry. There's only one more thing I want to see before we head west again which will be in about 2 weeks and that is the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. I'm hoping to talk Don into going there this Friday since were only about an hour away:) We'll see...
We left Maryland last Saturday and are now in New Jersey. This Wednesday we'll be on Long Island again, then after that Maryland again, then we begin to head west :(! I do like the east!!!
The Cashners will be heading to Scotland next month. How I wish we were going with them! We are still at about 36%.  I know God will get us there in his time! Keep Praying!

Tabitha