Hello Folks,
     It is good to be back in the office and hopefully starting to get back to normal after being at Anderson Camp Meeting and then taking a week of vacation.  Anderson Camp Meeting and General Assembly meeting was filled with business worship services and a couple of meetings.  It was so good to see people that I have not seen in a while and while I sat through a few hours of General Assembly it was something that needed to be done.  Every year business is presented and decisions are made where a handful of people, about 400 on Tuesday, make decisions that have impact upon the greater Church of God Reformation Movement.  I pray that we see more people show concern and participate in this process and that the Movement would really be able to reach our world with this great message of Christ, unity and holiness.
     When we left Anderson Ruth and I went to see our children.  While at James' in Indianapolis we watched our grand daughters play softball.  It was  a real thrill to watch Jordyn hit a home run and to watch Alexis pitch.  It is hard to believe that they are growing up.  Then we went to Pekin, Il and stayed with Debby and her family.  Bob, our oldest son, and I played golf one day and I was thankful to have that time with him.  As I look at my children it causes me to realize how much I love them and give thanks to God for them. 
     We got back into town on July 5 bringing 3 of our grandchildren with us.  Landon is 5 years old and it is his first time with us.  Camryn is 12 and Breanne is 13 and they have been with us a number of times.  We have tried to make the best of it, yesterday we took them to Locust Springs and let them spend some time on the water slide then later on in the day we drove through Cherokee National Forest and went to Hot Springs, N.C. and then drove home stopping to get ice cream. 
     I want to thank you for giving me that opportunity to enjoy my physical family.  Yet I am thankful to be back here because of each one of you.  God has given me a wonderful congregation to pastor and I praise him for you all.

HGRudd