Fun To Go Home For A Visit

Fantastic August Sunday

I traveled from Moorhead, Minnesota to Hoffman , Minnesota for a chance to visit my only first cousin Loren currently from Dallas area visiting in the Hoffman area were he grew up. I left early to be able to attend church services in Hoffman also a small town close to were I grew up. As I approached the church a beautiful structure in the small town of Hoffman I was amazed of the size of the parking lot as big as the church I attend in Moorhead a city nearly 40x bigger.

I drove in at least 40 minutes early so parked towards the back and watched as car after car started coming in early. I also noted the quiet neighborhood while driving in. The corn fields with six foot high corn surrounding two sides of the parking lot. The sun was now shinning brightly making the scene so familiar to the years I spent growing up only 10 miles to the south. The church I attended was situated out in the country with trees, corn fields, and farms for miles.

The clock showed 25 minutes before service and I couldn't wait any longer as the parking lot was nearly full. My friend Phillip and his wife Sandy had arrived and I wanted to say hi before service. They both were classmates of mine during grade school. Phillip was a soldier in the Vietnam war and survived only to contract MS and is now in a wheel chair. We were also neighbors on the farm.

Loren arrived and we went in to sit down. It didn't take long to see many other friends were there too. After the services they have coffee and cookies for which give me time to visit with a lot of old friends. The church was nearly full and for the summer season I thought that was amazing which my friends told me that at times they need the overflow room.

I was so good to see the strong faith and character of the rural people confirming my belief that the country we live in had great people. Hoffman was also the first school system my wife Phyllis taught in and some of r her friends recognised me and we got a chance to visit too. Phyllis passed away 1976 from a boating accident in the Minnesota Boundary area leaving me with two young sons. She was a favorite teacher in Hoffman and it was good for me to see her memory hasn't been forgotten.
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