Last morning at Lake Placid and moving up to Groveland

Monday was our last morning at Lake Placid Camp and Conference Center as we were heading north to Groveland, Florida to attend the Sowers Reunion being held at the Florida Baptist Encampment.

Beautiful beach at the lake...

Looking down at the pier area...

A wider view of the lake.

As we passed the entrance into the camp, we saw a large roll-off dumpster coming in the gate. We had been told that the roll-off dumpster was to be picked up "soon" when we arrived at the camp, and that we should ensure that no items extended over the top of the dumpster because, if it did, the guy coming to pick it up would leave without taking it.

As we continued our walk, I told Carl to take a picture of the truck delivering the empty and retrieving the full dumpster...

... so he did, and in doing so...

... noticed that there was a bucket extending above the top. Camp project leader Tom was there and said that when the truck driver got there, he saw the bucket next to the dumpster and just threw it on top. Tom protested that there wasn't supposed to be anything above the sides... the driver said, "Ah, it's okay, it's in the middle!"

As we were getting back to where Gracie had been parked, we saw a number of our fellow Sower volunteers and we were telling them good-bye. They all gathered around us and we prayed for safe journeys for each of us as many would be leaving in the next few days.

We drove to the Florida Baptist Encampment in Groveland where the Florida Sower reunion was to take place.

We arrived in time to get registered and then proceeded to the worship center where we were welcomed and got to meet others in the group.

The host had arranged for a special speaker to come...

"Bob" presented on "birds" -- he was *very* funny!

After supper all together,

... we joined together to hear a teaching on the topic of our get-together, "Serving Sacrificially". The text was from John 13 when Jesus washed the disciples feet...

... so we had the opportunity to wash each others feet!

We finished the evening singing a few hymns.

We're looking forward to getting to know some of the other couples here with us!