Dick, one of the guys at the campground said we should try out Fish River Baptist church, we did this morning. There were only around 20 people in the service. The Pastor was home sick with COVID and we were told that most of their attenders are old people, afraid to get out because of COVID. The church live streams the service for them.
I felt the Spirit working as soon as the service started. I liked the music, mostly older hymns. Yesterday morning the Pastor asked the guy who leads the music to come up with a sermon. He did a pretty job.
Dick wasn't there, he and his wife, are on their way back to Michigan. They are moving back to MI because of their failing health. Before the service started Joan, a lady who lives in one of the houses in the residential area behind the campground, came up and introduced herself and her husband. We had not met her nor her husband. They bought a house down here 5 years ago and Dick soon had them attending Fish River Baptist.
Weather was bleak today. The overnight low was 34 and the high was a cloudy, windy 43. Other than my taking a walk, only 2 miles today, we stayed in the camper.
I did more online motorhome shopping. We had seen an ad for a 2009 Dutch Star 4 slide, 40 footer. I contacted the guy to ask him a lot of questions. The coach had a lot of options. The couple bought it 4 years ago for travel and a place to live while they were having a new home built in Lakeland, FL, where the coach is located. (They are selling it because their house is done. Also when they go north they visit family in New Hampshire. It is 40 miles from their family to the closest campground that can handle 40 footers. They are downsizing to a Class C.) They have invested over $15,000 in repairs and upgrades. New tires and coach batteries were the only non-accessory items. The coach has so many options (hydronic heating, residential refrigerator, freezer in the basement, and much more) that the net Carrying Capacity was only 3,100#. (With a full load of fuel, fresh water & propane you can only have 3,100# of additional stuff before overloading the vehicle.) I won't buy a coach for full-timing that has a net Carrying Capacity of less than 4,000#. Another BIG blackmark against the coach was when I asked the guy if he had maintenance records. He hesitated before telling me that he had not serviced the engine/transmission nor the generator while he has had the coach, 4 years and 14,000 miles. We will keep shopping.
How nasty is it down here? It is so nasty that we didn't even go to the Sunday evening Ice Cream Social at the clubhouse.
God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.
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