I am back from the hayride in Fountain Run, KY. It was great to see everyone there. There were even some old friends who don’t necessarily go to church in Scottsville who came. In fact there were tons of people there. Plenty of people I didn’t know. Many visitors. Many extended family of the hosts.
The hayride began at the Pedigo house. We rode to the bottom of a valley in the middle of a tobacco field. We had a bonfire right beside a stream. Plenty of hotdogs and potato chips. Large fire. It was a bit hot to try to roast hotdogs on.
On the ride back, it is traditional for the high school/college aged guys to scare the hayriders. This year they went all out. Strobelight. Fog machine. Mechnical bats hanging from the trees. They pretty much just jumped with with masks on to scare them. It was a good effort. I don’t know if they will be able to top it for next year.
I helped them get setup. Immediately after the devo was over we got on 4 wheelers and a truck to ride to the place designated as the place to scare the people. The only mistake I made was getting in the back of a pickup truck with a 15 year old driving. He took the gravel road a little too rough. There were some huge bounces and I ended up bruising my backside due to the impact.
At times I worry about some of the kids in Scottsville. Sometimes it appears that they are just giving lipservice to church activities….then when they get out of church, they tend to overlook what’s right and choose to live the wrong way. Their only fear is their parents finding out. Case in point, one of them was turning 18 soon and planning on doing all the things he wasn’t allowed to do before. Am I being a prude? Wet blanket? Or is all of this just lipservice? We spend years in Sunday School telling kids “Don’t do this….don’t try these things…” yet they do the complete opposite when given the choice. It is difficult to converse with someone who just doesn’t take Christianity seriously. I would almost rather they choose not to go to church, rather than lead 2 different lives – acting like angels while in church; acting any ole way outside of church. Then again sometimes church and being around Christian friends may be the only thing keeping them from going off the deep end competely. Am I worrying too much? I’m not ready to desert them completely. They are my friends and I feel like I should stick around for them.
As a side note. On my way up to Fountain Run, I drove through Lafayette, TN. They have a combination KFC/Long John Silvers in one building. I had heard that the parent company of KFC/Pizza Hut/Taco Bell had bought LJS. Apparently this is a result.
Time falls back this weekend. I hate that. I hate it when it gets dark at 4:30PM. Dreary days. Dark mornings. The only good thing is having a 49 hour weekend this weekend.