It turns out that the blizzard that was called for yesterday shifted to the north of Lincoln and we escaped with just a few inches of snow and ice. Of course, that is enough for us since the past few winters in Cornwall had nothing to compare with this weekend!
We got going this morning after sleeping in since the tv was showing all sorts of church cancellations (including St. Marks', the one we planned on going to today). We walked over to the Cracker Barrel and enjoyed the aptmosphere and food. We realized that there was more traffic on the road than we were expecting so we decided to see if we could find a church that was open. We drove over by Nebraska Wesleyan University, across the street is where First UMC of Lincoln is located (www.firstumclincoln.org). We got there just at 1100 though the service started at 1045. We enjoyed the service where a larger turn-out than we expected were sharing the First Sunday of Lent. We chatted with folks after the service and spent almost an hour talking with the two pastors, Larry Moffett and Jamie Norwich-McLennan, both of whom Charles knew from his time in the Conference.
Then we decided since so much was open (the roads were cleared very quickly) we would try to find the other mall in Lincoln. Turned out to be a rambling assortment of stores and restaurants and not so much an enclosed mall. So we shopped at a Christian bookstore and then got a NY Times and something to drink at the Starbucks next door. Since we needed to do laundry, we ended up at the mega-Wal-Mart on 27th Street, picked up the needed items and now we are holed-up in our hotel as the temps have started falling again.
We are going to watch the Academy Awards tonight and eat left-over Chinese food. Don't know who to cheer for since we've been not paying much attention to the goings on with the world that is Hollywood.
Tomorrow is admin-type items here in Lincoln. See you then!
We got going this morning after sleeping in since the tv was showing all sorts of church cancellations (including St. Marks', the one we planned on going to today). We walked over to the Cracker Barrel and enjoyed the aptmosphere and food. We realized that there was more traffic on the road than we were expecting so we decided to see if we could find a church that was open. We drove over by Nebraska Wesleyan University, across the street is where First UMC of Lincoln is located (www.firstumclincoln.org). We got there just at 1100 though the service started at 1045. We enjoyed the service where a larger turn-out than we expected were sharing the First Sunday of Lent. We chatted with folks after the service and spent almost an hour talking with the two pastors, Larry Moffett and Jamie Norwich-McLennan, both of whom Charles knew from his time in the Conference.
Then we decided since so much was open (the roads were cleared very quickly) we would try to find the other mall in Lincoln. Turned out to be a rambling assortment of stores and restaurants and not so much an enclosed mall. So we shopped at a Christian bookstore and then got a NY Times and something to drink at the Starbucks next door. Since we needed to do laundry, we ended up at the mega-Wal-Mart on 27th Street, picked up the needed items and now we are holed-up in our hotel as the temps have started falling again.
We are going to watch the Academy Awards tonight and eat left-over Chinese food. Don't know who to cheer for since we've been not paying much attention to the goings on with the world that is Hollywood.
Tomorrow is admin-type items here in Lincoln. See you then!
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