Sometimes the hardest part of my week is figuring out the
newsletter. lt is especially true in late July when most summer
things are over and school/fall hasn't really started yet. lt's still
hot as a fire cracker and the sun rises at 5am and doesn't go
down unil 9:30, usually.
l, and everyone else, am still mowing twice a week to try to
keep from having to 'harvest' my lawn. Thank God for riding
mowers, but l'm hoping my next one will be air conditioned. I still
wonder in amazement how my Grandfather farmed everyday
without the modern conveniences. I know-they had never had AC
or central heat, but it was still miserable. I assume that the logical
answer is simply that he had no choice. I compare it to the
1960s-70s-80s-etc at Falls Creek when there was no AC and they
didn't let you go near the creek. I always used to tell the kids that
we didn't have AC at home either, but now I'm rambling. Again, I
still have to remind myself that those were the good old days,
AND these are our kids/grandkids good old days. GOOD LUCK
KIDS and prayers.
Bro. Frank Griffith had a unique way to measure the value,
or worth, of an idea. He asked a simple question. lt was, "How
will (fitl in the blank) bring people to Christ. lt is the measuring
stick we should use, and try to, in planning and preparing
activities at Belview. Sometimes it's an easy answer, like VBS or
Falls Creek; other times it's not so direct-Wednesday night meals
(the more people that are here, the greater opportunities for God
to work). Besides, people got to eat, and baptists love to eat, and
nobody wants to cook when it's 104 outside. "lf you cook, they will come."

            Dinner Time, See You Wednesday and Sunday

                       Bro. Tom and Sister Sue