Josh goes to college with a young man who's family attended a church we pastored from 1997-1999 up in Shell Lake, Wisconsin. Many of the people that live in that area are either dairy farmers or loggers and are used to "roughing" it. They have wood heat, hunt and garden for their food, and the entire family pitches in to do hours of chores. Randy's family is no exception; they are dairy farmers. Randy goes home every weekend to help with the chores and took Josh with him this past weekend.
Josh had a blast!! He helped with milking twice a day as well a chopping wood. Doing chores wasn't a surprise to Josh, though. Even when he was in 3rd grade and would spend the night at the Kidder's, he had to go out and help with milking. Now for some people, they might think it awful to put a guest to work, but not Josh, he loves going out to the barn and working along side the other men.
While he was there, he went with several old friends to an old hunting shack for the night. Thankfully, there was a wood burning stove so they were toasty warm. He also went to Lake Park Alliance Church on Sunday morning and saw a number of people he knew there, although several people were out of town that day. Sunday afternoon he had dinner with a different family from the church. He had a great time and would love to go back again.
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