We’re Back!

Janie and I were able to get away for a vacay this past week. But we are back and looking forward to being with our church family again. We love getting away but we love it twice as much coming home. This trip, we spent time in a part of Georgia we had not previously visited. We stayed in a little town called Cartersville. It is about 15 miles from Helen, Georgia. Our goal when we go to the mountains is to chase waterfalls. We were able to visit 8 or 9 waterfalls. We pack our lunch; plenty of water, first aid kit and binoculars and off we go! Janie and I love to sit near the falls, listen to the waterfall sounds and feel the spray of water.

On this trip we were able to visit with some former JIBC members. Pat and Sue Warren live in Hayesville, N.C. We had a lovely visit with them. God has blessed them so with a picturesque home on a quiet little creek. We also had a visit with a former Worship Leader, Teddy Baker. He was playing at a nearby vineyard. Janie and I were able to visit with him and enjoy him and his music again. Teddy had Covid last year and was hospitalized. That rascal wrote a song about being in the hospital and it was a great song! It was good to see Teddy again.

We took one day to visit Toccoa, Georgia. Our friend, Eric Luh, had highly recommended visiting the Currahee Military Museum. If you have seen the series “Band of Brothers” you are familiar with this inspiring story. We have not seen the mini series, so now watching it is on our to do list.

While we were away on vacation, we joined JIBC in worship on both Sundays. If you have not visited the livestream of our worship service lately, you will be pleasantly surprised. Our teams have done a great job of greatly improving the quality of the livestream Worship. They cleaned up the sound, music, picture….wow, job well done. We heard both sermons that Logan preached. What a gifted young man. Good job, Logan.

Good Lord willing, I will see you this Sunday. I am looking forward to being with my forever family again!

Pastor Tom