Lynden, Washington

Charlie and I traveled to Lynden, WA while in Seattle so as to visit Rev. G's old pastorate. I was really excited about going there, and up to that Sunday morning I was unusually comfortable about going. Sunday morning my struggle with anxiety kicked in and I was pretty nervous about going to a new church, though still excited. Charlie and I did not have very formal clothing since we just came off Mt. Rainier, and we knew we would stand out in a dutch reformed church. We drove by it first since we were pretty early and we saw people walking up in pretty formal clothing. That made us more nervous, but we had a good time laughing about our situation. When we pulled into the parking lot and got out Charlie pointed to this little "poster" dutch child wearing knickers, dress shirt, and full tie. It was so funny; Charlie lost it and had to take a minute to laugh it all out, but you probably had to be there. Of course we go in and the place is full, so an usher leads us to the very front row, which was the last thing we wanted. Unfortunately we didn't talk to many people, but we met a few high school/college students. And the worship was so refreshing and the sermon was powerful. Why not listen to it here:

http://www.lyndenurc.com/Audio/Abounding%20Grace%20Lyndn%208-26.mp3