Open House

It's that time of year again around Heartland. The time where we lay new concrete, otherwise known as Open House. It seems for the last 3 or 4 years, about a week or two before Open House we lay concrete, almost always to allow for more room to park. If you don't know what Open House is, let me tell you. There was also one in the Bible. Solomon had one.
The story is in 2 Chronicles 9:1-8. i won't type it all out, but i will give you the jest of the story.
But first i want to tell you about Heartland's Open House. it's a great opportunity to show off all of our assets, and that is mostly our people. Starting at 1 p.m. we give guided tours around Heartland and that lasts until 5 i believe, then from 5:30-6:30 it is a free steak dinner. our special Heartland steak that has a special marinate on it with a baked potato, Ozark green beans, and a home made roll. and I'm pretty sure there is some sort of dessert, but i don't remember what it is. it's wonderful food, and the people of Heartland serve and serve and serve and serve. it's wonderful. as we say around here, it's our opportunity to serve our guts out. then from 7:00-7:30 (or something to that effect) there is alive entertainment provided by, once again, people of Heartland. it's such an amazing time of the year. then at the end, Pastor Charlie gets to speak. I guess we could say it's the start of the Heartland Holidays. it's wonderful! it's so full of excitement. At the women's home different ladies will go out to the buses and give their testimonies, and throughout the entertainment people will give their testimonies. this year, i get to drive people from point a to point b. i like it a lot. i hope to see some of you there!

okay, now for the Bible story. it's the story where Queen Sheba comes to visit Solomon because she doesn't really believe all that she's heard about him. but when she gets there, she makes the statement "i haven't even heard the half of it!" she is so amazed at how happy all of the servants are there, and she's just blown away because of Solomon's wisdom. i know so many people (like myself) feel the same way about Heartland. As we read it in church a couple of Wed. nights ago, i realized indeed, this was a story very much like Heartland.

i do invite you all to come and see what is going on at Heartland on the 17Th of October!