At The Finish June 20, 2004
Saturday I ran a half-marathon in Ludington, a nice town on the west coast of Michigan. All the Pierpont men participated in either the half-marathon or the 5K. Chuck, Dan and Wes ran the 5K. Kyle and I ran the long run. It was beautiful. It was sunny and cool at race time about 58 degrees. A perrrr-fect day on my favorite lake.
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Northwoods at Night June 16, 2004
The North Star over Wolf Lake on Thursday night after a picture-perfect, cool, sunny day. It was a day of rich fellowship, clear water, crisp air, good food, kayaking, running, biking, sailing, singing and teaching by Mr. Gothard. It was about as close as you can get to a perfect day on in this world.
Sailboat on Wolf Lake
This is the saiboat onWolf Lake at the Northwoods Conference Center in the evening.
Northwoods Conference Center
I’m Happy
Wolf Lake
Wolf Lake
Wolf Lake as seen from the Northwoods Conference Center. It has been our privilidge to retreat to the north here for the last two years. These are refreshing and productive times for us. The day this picture was taken Lois and I took a Kayak out onto the lake. We watched three loons play in the water for twenty minutes. Approaching Duck Point we saw movement high in a tree. It was a mature bald eagle. It flew into another tree on the point and than mounted to the sky and circled there for a half-hour.
The next day while running I was attacked by a Canadian Goose… that was not the way I had planned of elevating my heart rate. Anyway, God has allowed us to have a couple places “Up North” where we can reatreat from the city and the pressures of ministry at the Inn and enjoy God’s creation, quiet times with each other, solitude and peace. This is one of them.
Recent Photo June 14, 2004
Kenneth L. Pierpont
Lois took this picture of me one evening in the Riverbank Park.
Chuk
Charles Kenneth Pierpont
This is Charles… who likes to call himself “Chuk” these days. He is starting to play a pretty good guitar lately. This evening he was in the park when Lois was taking pictures for the Eternal Vision Student Directory so Lois snapped a photo of him… Kinda’ sharp kid, isn’t he?
Effingham
Lois and I married in September. We moved into a cozy two-bedroom apartment in the upstairs of a farm house in the Ohio countryside. We found a small church and got jobs. I sold furniture. Lois worked at a Fotomat booth. Our plan was to work until spring and then move back to Springfield, Missouri to continue our preparation for ministry.
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Simple Things June 6, 2004
Sooter Hoople was a bachelor pastor. He was from southern Ohio where the hills roll from Interstate 70 south to the Ohio River. Every year he volunteered to be a counselor at the Christian Union Camp in Greenfield, Ohio. He did this for years and years. He was a counselor when I was a camper.
When I became a counselor, he was still a counselor. Long after I had moved on to marriage and ministry he was a counselor year after year.
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