We left Enid and headed north toward Omaha, Nebraska, for our first meeting on Sunday. Passing through Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska was a long trip, but the scenery was interesting at some points. Lots of cows, open fields, big, blue sky and farm equipment. One can understand why this part of the USA is called the Breadbasket.
We arrived at our hotel in Omaha about 5:00 pm, then went up the road a couple of miles to Midwestern Baptist Church where we met Pastor Bentley. We were last here in 1989 on deputation when Teresa was just a baby. The present location of the church is a big stone house which they added a big extension for the auditorium and classrooms. The property used to be wooded and had a high wall on one side so that people could not see it from the road. They landscaped it, cut down a bunch of trees and put in three levels of parking.
Outside near the main entrance is a rock garden with oodles of iris! I’m missing the iris growing in my yard in Japan. There were more colors than the lavender and purple I have. A relative of the pastor’s family was well known in the area for their iris breeding. Wish I could take a few chormes home with me.
Sunday Henry preached in Sunday School, as well as the morning and evening services. He spoke on serving God and our part in the great commission, along with a few corny jokes tossed in. The congregation must have liked it because they laughed a lot. Sunday evening we showed our DVD presentation which was well received. I had not really seen it before this, and parts of it brought tears to my eyes; my kids are so all grown up. We met and shook hands with many people who told us they pray for us and took one of our newest prayer cards. It was so good to see that the church had not changed its standards when so many are doing so, especially in the area of music.
Our Display of Japanese items
After the evening service we went to a restaurant with Pastor’s son and his family for a late dinner.
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