Blog Changes

I've made a few changes to my blog. I often find other friend's blogs by following links on other blogs and since I now read many, many blogs I thought I should post links to what I'm reading. I still have more blogs that I read but they have been moved to my second page of blogs because they're not being updated enough (IMHO). If you have a blog I would love to know about it! Please send me the link. If you don't want your blog listed please let me know.
I use igoogle.com to keep track of all the blogs I read. I have added all the blogs to my homepage and I can scroll and see the titles and links to all the blog postings. This is much easier (and less frustrating) than always going to people's blogs only to find out they haven't been updated!
Winter continues to threaten to arrive and then back off. It was below 0 most of last week but today is up to 7. I'm grateful for any days without snow! I'm sure winter will be long enough when it finally arrives for good.
Time is flying here. 4 weeks and 6 days from now I'll fly home for Christmas. I've almost been here for 3 months. I can't believe it. I'm really enjoying my time here. It's a beautiful place and a warm and friendly community.
I'm learning lots and having all kinds of wonderful experiences.

Winter is here!

We had our first snowfall a couple of days ago. This is what I woke up to in the morning. It has warmed up a bit and and the snow is slowly melting away but I think winter is here to stay!

Pictures of Salem Lutheran Church

I just realized how long it has been since I've blogged, my apologies! I'm enjoying my time here in Pass Lake. It's so beautiful here. I love looking out my window to the trees and the beaver pond. I have now preached three times the most recent being this morning. I always struggle with sermon writing and never end up very happy with what I preach but I have received a lot of positive feedback. This morning for all saints day I invited people to write the name of a loved one who died on an angel and hang their angel on a tree at the front of the church. I got lots of comments about how much they appreciated it. I'm amazed at how open this congregation is to trying something new! Last night was the turkey supper. It was lots of fun with about 70 people from the church and community.
I have posted some pictures of the church I'm doing my internship at you can check them out here.