Sunday

Sunday morning was relaxed - we didn't have to leave the hotel until 9:30! After the church service, held again at the big tent at Fort Pocahontas, the guys had to tear down all the equipment, inventory it, load it into the trailer - with all our luggage, and some overflow from some others... :-)

It was nearly 3:00 before we all were finally saying our final goodbyes. Most were headed straight home, but we were so exhausted from the week, we decided to spend one more night in Williamsburg. We spent the afternoon sleeping, the evening packing up as much as we could, and VERY early (3:00am) on Monday morning were pulling out. The work was done, the "vacation" behind us. It was time to go. Despite the heavy headwinds and very heavy trailer, we made it back to the place in Chicago that Josh rented a bunch of equipment from, in time to return all the stuff before they closed. We waited while they tested, inspected, and inventoried the equipment (they were very impressed with how the RV guys had packed things up). Finally, just before 9:00pm, we pulled in the driveway and were home safe and sound! We were greeted home by a torrential downpour and lulled to sleep that night by long, low rumbles of thunder.

So the world is very green this morning and reminding us of all that needs to be done - gardening, lawn mowing, cleaning up some branches that came down... Yes, even after an inspiring, fun, educational, long, busy week in Virginia - life goes on! :-) May we carry with us, however, an ever-present remembrance of how God worked out His plan for His glory through the faithfulness of our fathers at Jamestown. Young maidens, merchants, soldiers, farmers, pastors, and sailors - various callings and circumstances, yet one God working in all and over all. To His name be all glory!