Monday, December 12, 2011

Winter in Montana

Well, it has been three years since our family left Arkansas for the "last great place," Montana. Winter in Montana is not what most Southerners imagine, but don't tell them - they may want to come! I really do enjoy Winter in Montana. Snow, crisp mornings, the clearest of blue skies, and winter activities are awesome. Church work is not bad either. I grew up in the South, have spent most of my ministry in the South, so I know what many experience. If the weather man says on the Saturday evening news that it might snow, Sunday attendance will be low (even if it doesn't snow). In Montana, we have some of our best days with several inches of fresh snow on the ground.

Last Wednesday was a great "Winter in Montana" evening. The AWANA program at South Hills is in full swing. There were 51 kids involved in AWANA, and we baptized two of them!! Two young ladies who have been in our ministry for a long time. It really was neat to see 50 kids gather around the portable baptistry to see their friends publically proclaim Christ in Baptism.
Merry Christmas
Steve in Montana