Peoria

It’s Sunday afternoon 6/29. We’re in East Peoria, Illinois, the day is nicely cool. The campground is very quiet and rustic, situated next to the Illinois River. A peaceful day. We attended a small country church this am and heard some fine Baptist preaching. It is a highlight of each week to attend a local church (we just go to whatever is close) and fill up on the Word of God. We never know what we’ll get, but being in the Lord’s house, with His people is the finest meal of the week. It is easy to get sidetracked during the week with traveling and visiting. The Lord doesn’t always get first place. Sunday calms the spirit and fills the heart. The little country churches we have been visiting are not McDonald’s they are the finest of the fine. Little pockets of joy and Christian fellowship.
Our prior stop was in Hardin, Indiana (we seem to be zig zagging a lot) We stayed on the Sugar Creek and did some treasure hunting on the river. It seems that a marine animal lived 300,000,000 years ago. Or whatever one believes, I have no idea how these times are deducted. They are called crinoids. They died and became fossilized somehow and lived mainly in this area and are found along the Sugar Creek. People have come to hunt them for hundreds of years. Indians made beads out of the fossils. The picture shows some of the examples that we found. Also in the picture is a bright blue rock found in western Kentucky.
I’m getting used to cooking in our tiny kitchen and are enjoying local produce, now it’s kohlrabi and zucchini. The meals are kept simple but it is amazing what one can do in a kitchen with 2 foot square counter space and a tiny frig. We are trying to eat the meat and veggies I stuffed the little freezer with upon leaving so we can get ice cream (real food) into it.
The fellow who owns this camp gave us a dozen fresh eggs from his hens that live in his yard. I think it was a peace offering. The water here is brown, dark red brown with iron. He took the filter off his house for us to use. It still tastes a bit rusty but is useable. We are learning a lot, not just about traveling and RV life, but about letting go and letting God. I tend to freak at the slightest thing….I am seeing day by day, this is the Lord’s trip He is taking us on. He has much to show us. His love is the best part of my life. What an exciting adventure.