Covington, Pennsylvania

Smile, Tim!  You're in Pennsylvania!

School buses

We had an early start Sunday. Our intention was to go into Covington and see what churches there were for us to visit. As is typical of USA, there were several to choose from. We arrived in the town just in good time to visit Covington Baptist church. The first thing we noticed was the range of age groups going in, it was great to see young and old going in together.

The welcome we received was friendly, with several people taking the time to chat with us. They were all very down to earth people. The pastor was a cross between Pastor David Hadlum from Chatham, and Pastor Mark Anderton from Rainham. The service was led musically by a husband and wife team, who were really good. It was so lovely to feel the humility of the church there, the family atmosphere and to see the place was buzzing with life.

One lady shared about MOPS, one of their ‘clubs’ in the week. At MOPS, parents spend time with other parents, whilst their children are looked after. Simple but so great. So very needed. There were stories of how people had felt a part of a community as a result and had in some cases got through very difficult circumstances.

It reminded me of ‘Coffee Cup’ back at Margate and how so many people have become friends with good people that have been an amazing help to them. Well done to all of you who are a part of something like that. We’ve all needed people to lean on at some time in our lives.  That’s just how God wants it, people being real, and sharing His love and by being  there for others.

Well, after the service we were offered some fresh sweetcorn from a couple that had picked 200 corn cobs the day before. It was the best sweet corn Tim and I had ever tasted. No kidding either!

Birds and the bees.

We have been privileged to see a lot of wildlife while on our honeymoon.  I have been practising some of the various animal noises in my sleep apparently!

There were a couple of beautiful butterflies we saw mating by the side of the Potomac River.

 

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Our apologies for the quality of the next photos.  It was as close as we could get with the camera we have, and have had to blow them up a bit too much.  But it will give you the idea.

We saw a whole lot of birds of prey over the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania.  From the description posted near the overlook viewing point we think they were either turkey vultures, or ospreys.

Turkey vulture

Then on our way home from church this morning, we saw what we think was a bald-headed eagle on the telephone wires. We stopped Harvey underneath the bird, and just managed to get a shot, as it flew off.

Bald-headed eagle

Back at the Tanglewood campsite at lunch time we saw humming birds on our next door neighbour’s bird feeder.  Tiny little birds with wings that flap at 50 times a second. One is on the "I" of Tioga on Harvey.  The other is perched on the washing line, to the left of the picture.

 

Humming birds

Awesome!