Southern produce and faith

Recently at Cracker Barrel I was working closing shift. We had to throw away food that was ready for customers because they don't keep any of the food overnight that is prepared for the previous day. But I was able to redeem some of their apples. Later my mom and I made these apples into a pie.

Pictured above the pie are vegetables we grew in our garden. The onion was purchased. We tried to grow onions, but they turned out to be spicey midgets.

This beautiful church photo was taken by Emily. She went up to Staunton Virginia - close to the Blue Ridge Mountains, for Virginia Association of the Deaf (VAD) conference.

On Sunday at work I was emptying bus tubs in the wash room at Cracker Barrel when one of the servers mentioned that the manager wanted to see me. I was nervous. He wanted to award me and another server for excellent work.

Our store has been opened since January. We specialize in southern/country style food. I really enjoy making the wash room and dishes look sparkly clean. It is a nice mission field.

A quote from Russa

"People only make the sign of the Cross in a time of trouble."-Patriarch Alexy II of the Russian Orthodox Church.

I like this quote because it reminds me to grab on to God in times of trouble.
In the Book of Acts we see that the Early Church grew in time's of trouble. This is why 1 Peter 1:6-7 is right.

⁶Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
⁷That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: