A happy belated 4th of July. We hope you had a nice holiday. Mary and I spent the day at home with friends. We ate more barbecued ribs than we should have and had that extra piece of cake we usually shun. After all, it was the 4th. The day is celebrated/not celebrated on the island. By that I mean there is not a lot of hullabaloo with decorations, flags and fireworks. Yet the banks and government offices are closed and the beaches are jammed.

Most of our church family is back from vacations. Today we were just a few shy of a hundred for church. There was a good spirit among the people. A good crowd tends to have that effect.

This week we are scheduled to look over the church program, make some adjustments and pump up the ministries for the last half of the year.

Saturday we have a special activity for the women but more about that next week.

God bless you.

Johnathan and Mary