Michael Sprague near Asheville, North Carolina

A year has already passed since we attended pioneer school! Thanks to Melissa for organizing this whole thing, all those that helped with the food and decorating, Sister Henderson for the use of the facilities, and all that came for the encouraging and enjoyable evening. Keep up the good work.

Pioneer Reunion



We had a nice one year reunion of our pioneer school. About half the class was able to make it. It was a really encouraging time for me, and I’m sure for everyone else as well.

I got up at 5:30 AM today to head up to Reed City for work. This is a bit earlier than my normal routine and I didn’t grab breakfast at home. So, I decided to swing through the McDonald’s drive-thru that I drive by on my way to get on the freeway.

I found it very interesting when I pulled up to the second window and I saw an odd looking soda dispenser. It had short plastic cups along the bottom where you would put the cup to be filled and there were only two drink nozzles. It took me by surprise when the cup rack rotated and a gripper moved up and pulled down a cup. It then put the cup into one of short plastic cups which then indexed over and ice came out of the first nozzle, then it indexed again and was filled mostly with Coke, then pause, then topped off.

This may be old news to everyone else, but I don’t get to McDonald’s very often.

When a drink order is punched into the register, the drink is now automatically filled. Pretty slick!

We just got back from the annual Sprague Picnic. It worked out well since my aunt that lives closest to us hosted it this year, so we didn’t have as far to travel as most of the family.

As you will see in the pictures it was a Hawaiian theme and included a carved fruit contest. It was nice to visit with everyone.

fruit carvings

We really enjoyed this year’s District Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses which had the theme “Godly Obedience.”

We attended the convention held at the Seagate Centre in Toledo, Ohio on August 12-14, 2005. The peak attendance was 5,499 and there were 32 baptized.

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