Day Seven

My first Sunday away from St. John's began with prayer for Pastor Adam as he led and preached this morning, as well as for the congregation as they worshipped The Lord. I hope my little video clip made sense!

Amy and I went to New Life Family Church, as we googled churches Saturday evening.  It was a contemporary church and a blessed experience.  The pastor's message dealt with getting through tough times, and his words and delivery were very inspiring.  At one point he had us stand to pray over the scripture reading, he read scripture , then he had us high five three people before we sat back down.  A bit unusual, but made everyone smile.  I made some notes of interest about the service for future reference.  I already am very intrigued by where God will be leading me in the coming months.  Some great lessons of scripture and preaching in just this first week.

After a light lunch we went to the Biloxi visitors center and learned a bit about the area.  Took more notes for/about our October trip - may need to quit real early one day to take in some cultural aspects of the area!!!  Amy will be checking further into some learning activities for us.

We then drove 30 some miles over to the city of Pascagoula and enjoyed an evening at the Beach Park.  The feature entertainment was a choral and symphony concert, followed by fireworks over the gulf.  The choir sang four spiritual and several patriotic numbers, and then the symphony played their concert.  The prospective captain of the USS America was the mc of the night.  The ship is being built in the local shipyard and will be finished in one year.  We also met the guest conductor who was 91 and was a WWII hero. He was a paratrooper and jumped 100 times behind enemy lines, as well as earning four Purple Hearts.  The orchestra played the military service song and the crowd recognized the veterans and current men and women as they stood when their own military branch song was played.  Made me think of the Memorial Day celebrations in Archbold.  An inspiring evening.

Now to bed as Amy and I will awake early to attend services at the national cemetery here in Biloxi.