Sunday, October 19, 2008

Day 6 of the Feast

All is well here in Branson, MO. There are about 1500 UCG brethren in town, along with the 980 or so LCG brethren here. I think Intercontinental has a site in the vicinity as well, though I haven't seen any of them around town. We've heard sermons from Mr. Rand Millich, Davy Crockett, Karl Beyersdorfer, Rod Reynolds, and Richard Ames. My notes are spotty, so I can't rattle off the the sermonette men. The ones I remember off the top of my head are Mr. Gary Maney, Mr. Ray Clore, Mr. Turner, Mr. Wally Smith... Who am I forgetting? Noah and Nyla seem to be conspiring to keep me from listening to a complete sermon.

The crib is pretty nice too. We ended up sharing a 4-Br with some good friends from Ohio. There are 10 of us here, but it's been great. (Actually 13, if you count Mr. Frizzle, Superlion, and an as-yet-unnamed Blue Monkey that's really an ape.) I'll post some pics eventually. Some quick points:

Dixie Stampede : Much better than expected. Food was good too.
Putt-putt: I'm horrible at it.
Chateau on the Lake: Location of Bible Studies. Absolutely fabulous.
Everyone in the church from the state of Missouri is here (except Annette and Charlie).
Little Rock to Branson via 165 is a horrible drive.
Scarboroughs: There are 78 of them here and two more at another Feast site. Impressive.
Stone Hill Winery's Cream Sherry isn't bad if you like brandy.
Bible Studies: Excellent. Mr. Clore's powerpoint presentation on Jerusalem and Mr. Reynold's study on repentance and conversion were very helpful. Tomorrow morning's topic is "Then the End Shall Come". I wonder who's leading it...

On a serious note, I just found out Mr. Raymond McNair died. My prayers go out for his family. There aren't very many of the Old Guard left.

Anyway, I've got an 8:30 a.m. Bible Study to get ready for, so I guess I should go to bed now. Ciao.