Memories of Times Past

August 10, 2013
Gun Creek at Rend Lake in Whittington, IL, Site 29.  Excellent site on the lake.  The campsite is on an angle pointing toward the lake.

Gun Creek Campsite

 

Watching the sunset as we ate supper

 

  It was a great site with beautiful views of the sunset and sunrise.  I was looking forward to having coffee and breakfast while setting in the campsite and enjoying the views.  However when I went out the door the next morning to enjoy all of nature, I was met by the smell of a skunk!  So I quickly closed the door of the camper and enjoyed the views from our camper's window.

We continued to drive a lot today as we are trying to get to the "jumping off" place for our Oregon Trail in Independence, MO.  We did stop to visit Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.

"Welcome Back" Ron Boswell after 50 years of ministry!

 

Some things have not changed

 

Chapel

 

The Quad

 

 



It was founded in 1859 as the first seminary of the six seminaries affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.  Ron attended school at SBTS in 1970 to l973 (BC--before Carolyn).  He enjoyed sharing with me memories of friends he met while here that are still our friends today.  We walked the campus while he pointed out dorm windows where he once lived, classroom buildings where professors taught who made lasting impressions, and pictures and/or names of people that meant a lot to him.  He even showed me where he sat on the one time he was in the library!

Also, we visited Crescent Hill Baptist Church where John Claypool was pastor.  Ron attended this church while at SBTS.  This church helped to influence Ron's ministry.