Drawn to drive 35 miles north up the Spiritual Valley of the Chenango River to attend a Morning Prayer Service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church… in my first book I attributed the love, grace, and spirit of my mother to the gentle current & flow of water in the Chenango River…
Powerful message of FREEDOM, true spiritual freedom, given in service by Bill (Prayer Leader) and Diane (Music Leader)… Readings, Gospel and sermon by David W. Peters read by Bill… see link below… YES, we define freedom in America by our country’s journey via the Revolutionary War to freedom and we all know and realize in the world past, present, and hopefully not the future that freedom is not free… our daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, mothers, and fathers gave their lives and other heroes many, many, many years of service… grateful to be an American and celebrate this 4th of July…
Also know and realize that there is a Spiritual FREEDOM that birthed our country and predates even Biblical Times as God has always sought to make us free mainly from ourselves… just like each of us, this is a beautiful church from the outside and even more glorious once you go inside and get to know oneself and others…
Chandeliers in church are pre-Revolutionary War and from St. George’s Chapel in MYC… for the record there were 12 of us worshiping together… with gratitude to Rev. Peters, Paul, Diane, Roberta & the wonderful lady who welcomed me coming and going; my friends in Christ and in the Valley of Spiritual Growth! TROML Baby (an exclamation of JOY)!!!
2 Kings 2:9-10: When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Request whatever I might do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of your spirit.” He replied, “You have asked something that is not easy. Still, if you see me taken up from you, your wish will be granted; otherwise not.”
Galatians 5:1 The Importance of Faith. “For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.”
Galatians 5:16-25 “I say, then: live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh. For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you want. But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law… the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit…
CLICK HERE for Sermon by David W. Peters
(Andy Reistetter; 6/3-/19; Facebook Post with 30 Pics)
The Chenango & Susquehanna Rivers come together in downtown Binghamton, New York… I like to think of the Triple Cities area as the ‘Valleys of Spiritual Growth to attain Spiritual Freedom’ going back to my formative childhood days to now being back here for the Summer of 2019… So I took a drive west following the Susquehanna Valley to the 
Drove out for a Wednesday evening Bible Study hosted by Amy & Paul… Spiritual experience learning more about Jesus, The Holy Spirit & God through this beautiful couple and Browny & Dan… in fact I am now convinced that The Holy Spirit is always present especially in these ‘Valleys of Spiritual Growth’… all you have to do is seek to connect the dots… this area is known for having dots, places along the way of the Underground Railroad where African-American slaves followed a secret network to freedom in the North… maybe some day soon it will be known as the place to come where anyone can journey within and connect the dots of their own life to become fully free as their ‘Splendid Spiritual Self’ It really is an idyllic place with so much beauty, resources, diversity and yes challenges which have been, are, and will become solutions both internally and externally… just like me and I imagine you too! All glory to God, Jesus, & The Holy Spirit! TROML Baby (an exclamation of JOY)!!! 
I had one of those spiritual experiences today where one knows as it is unfolding that they are being led to a certain place at a certain time to hear a certain message! I re-connected with my cousin 
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I am very excited about this Sunday being Pentecost which is when The Holy Spirit descended upon the world! Why? Because my next book is about the Power of The Holy Spirit in our spiritual selves and in our lives today!
My story, generally, is that in the last 11+ years The Holy Spirit has inspired me to take a journey that has literally taken me around the world and also has gone very deeply inside me. it all started in golf, following the PGA TOUR, because golf is a spiritual experience for me and doing so exposed me to many inspirational people and charities. I seek inspiration and then look for how the Power of The Holy Spirit enabled that person to do extraordinary things or something so simple and pertinent to life that which we sometimes overlook. Over time the journey has transitioned into purely spiritual endeavors, most recently being in Israel and Palestine for a month over this past winter.
Acts 2: 16-21:
The sun shall be turned into darkness
What better way to celebrate Pentecost than with the Pentecostals? Morning Service at 
Beautiful and inspiring Sunday mass at Holy Trinity! World Communications Day promoting the value of the Gospels! Monsignor Putano’s sermon really hit home about being at peace and unity with self, family, community, country, and the world!
John 17: 20-26 “I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am[g] they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.” (Andy Reistetter; 6/3/19; Facebook Post with 30 Pics)
Happy Memorial Weekend! Remembering the men & women who have died while serving in the United States of America’s armed forces, especially my Uncle John who died in the Battle of the Coral Sea and my Uncle Paul who suffered grave injuries as a young man and spent the rest of his life in VA hospitals. I am proud to be part of a family that has served our country, protected our freedom and helped share the spirit of true sister and brotherhood throughout the world,. Other veterans in the family include my brother Dave, my brother-in-law Bill, many cousins, all four of my Mom’s brothers and my Dad and six Reistetter brothers. God Bless those heroes who made the Supreme Sacrifice for all of us and all our veterans…
25 “I have said these things to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe.
