After a wet night fighting with our malfunctioning air conditioners; they don’t like the humid weather any more than Thomas does; we headed for Katy, TX. (A town named after you, Miss Kjeldgaard.)
We arrived at the Crown and Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church a little before their eleven o’clock service and were greeted in the usual manner by several families on our way in. We listened to a wonderful sermon delivered by Pastor James McDonald, he began the sermon by reading from the book of Mark……Mark Twain that is. He was reading from Huckleberry Finn in order to illustrate his passage in 2 Thessalonians. The varied voices that he used had us in stitches, and it was quite enjoyable.
After the service there was a whole church potluck, and these people really know how to cook! There was a massive amount of food, and everyone ate until they were stuffed, then went back for dessert. Tiffany McDonald, one of the McDonald daughters, made a delicious cake that I was able to hear the basic ingredients of, but I am now sworn to secrecy, and never allowed to reveal it to anyone.
Once lunch was over there was that brief awkward period where we don’t know anyone, and they don’t know us; however, this problem was quickly solved and we were soon talking and laughing like old friends. Presently they started a Psalm singing time in which they divided everyone into sopranos, altos, tenors and basses. They then took a song from the singing Psalm book and began to teach everyone the different parts. Now, any of you who know us realize that singing is at the very bottom on our list of skills; but we dutifully grouped and I tried to sit next to a nice strong bass in order to make an attempt at following along. By the end of the singing we were starting to get the hang of it; Thomas was actually a tolerable tenor in the lower ranges, I could hear Mom doing well over with the sopranos, and even Dad sang. If we were able to do this for a couple of weeks they might have been able to make singers out of us.
Much to our delight, some of our new friends, the Hildebrandts, invited us to stay the night at their house. They fixed us dinner at short notice, and allowed us to overrun their house and showers. The kids from our respective families played for hours on their five acre property. That evening we went frog catchin’ in the pond by their house. We caught a couple, and missed many more. I never did understand how people were able to eat frog legs, being used to the small California frogs, but over here the frogs are huge and would make a great meal! I am currently working from a dialup connection, but when we get to some wi-fi access I will upload pictures of them. We even caught a deadly water moccasin and killed it, the hunt was quite thrilling.
Today, Monday, we are planning on heading for the NASA Space Center in a borrowed vehicle, as our RV is currently in the shop to fix the air conditioners. (A/C is a necessary item in this part of the world.) Tune in next time to hear about NASA!
Mom’s Corner: When the air conditioner is turned off it rains down water on us, front and back. We all grab containers and stand under to catch the water. When we make a turn on the road water sloshes out at an angle on whoever is sitting nearby. Dave just got back from the RV service center, they will need it all day and it will cost $$.
CVERC ladies – we can definitely learn something from these Texans. Their potluck spread was twice as big as ours and they had half the people. Their hospitality was incredible. It motivates me to work a bit harder! The Hildebrandts are letting us use their 15 passenger van for the day to see the sites of Houston – it’s wonderful. We’ve decided on the name of our book about this trip “11 Sardines in a Can”!!
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