Day 6 Church service online and viewed Lake Okeechobee

 Today we "participated" in the New Life Fellowship service online.  It is certainly a different experience "attending" a church service when you are not with other believers in a house of God.  The worship time online is like viewing a beautiful, colorful sunset or sunrise by seeing a black and white pencil drawing of it.  

Our associate pastor, Arlen Stoltzfus wrapped up the Esther series.  So interesting -- the reversal that happened when Esther intervened to save the Jews from the destruction that Haman had schemed to bring about. The same destruction came upon Haman instead.  Pastor Arlen compared that to what Jesus did for us on the cross.  The cross in Roman times was a symbol of death and humiliation, but God's will was that the reverse happened and now it is a symbol of salvation and grace.

This afternoon we hunted around for an access point to be able to view Lake Okeechobee.  This time my online research led us astray and we drove half way around the lake before turning around and back tracked back up to the north end of the lake.  A nice young man at a gas station who called me "mam" --  gave us good directions. (Our young waiter at a Cuban cafe was polite like that too.)

                                                                                

                                 Lake Okeechobee on a hot -- 90 degrees -- spring day

                        

    

                                                                                    

A Cormorant drying its wings after diving under water (for 20 or more seconds at a time) to catch fish.

                                                                                    

This alligator was diving for a minute or so and then would pop up again.  It was a striped one instead of all black.

                                                                                    

These Cormorants enjoyed their perches on these posts.

                                                                                

A Great Blue Heron and an Anhinga with its mouth open -- at the edge of the lake in the reeds.

Tomorrow I think we are going to Highlands Hammock State Park.

Thanks for your comments!