Weekly Update: 5.24.26

Of rain, hospital trips, and Pentecost

We planned to get our garden in this week, but rain kept us from making very much progress at all. Since it rained, we planned to get a lot done inside the bunkhouse — painting trim and whatnot. Instead, we’ve had dogs in heat (ahem), so we’ve had a wild time keeping everyone separated with it being too rainy to keep them outside much. Our dad had surgery on Thursday, and thanks be to God, it went well if not smoothly. We came home in time to celebrate a couple feast days and look forward to the holiday weekend. Just when we were letting out a sigh of relief to have gotten through a crazy week, our brother Jeremiah shocked himself on a camera flash capacitor — something none of us even knew existed. I spent last night at the ER with him while a doctor ran various tests to check for internal damage. Thankfully, Jeremiah is fine — aside from being quite sore.

I woke up tired this morning. I took my coffee and walked around on the dewy grass, barefoot. It’s Pentecost — the day Christians remember the coming of the Holy Spirit. I learned this year that walking outside in the morning dew is an old Christian Pentecost tradition, connected to the scriptural and theological association between the Holy Spirit and the dewfall. The sun was shining over the misty Ozarks, and I felt thankful for God’s presence, even during hard seasons.

It was a rough week, but we made it. I’m very ready for today’s sabbath rest and reset it always provides.