Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – July 3, 2026
Greetings from Tyler,
We’re going all out for the Fourth. I’ve been some places, and let me tell you there’s no place like home. We’ve made some wrong turns in the past but somehow we’re still standing. Melody is in there decorating the meeting room right now and we’ve got reason to celebrate. Men who knew better designated this a national celebration, and this is one we don’t have to be ashamed of.
Europe has never held a candle to our way of life and still doesn’t. When you think of places you’d like to go or things you’d like to see, go there. You’ll be so happy when you get home. There are some sights to see and things to do, but you’ll be happy you live HERE when you get back. There’s just no place like the United States of America.
We’re celebrating, because it’s one we can celebrate. We like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, Thanksgiving, too, but there’s no other place you’d want to live. At least on dry land. We’re going all out on our decorations, and glad we don’t live somewhere else on the planet.
The news is a little disheartening, in the Middle East and Ukraine, but the United States is where you want to be. We’ve got things here the rest of the world never gets to see. I know there’s some exotic places you might want to go, but the food and the accommodations! Unless you’re rich, and can afford the best, like Jeff Bezos, you’ve got no business trying to live in any other part of the world.
The world will be celebrating with us, if they only knew. Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like the United States.Everything’s has been decorated, and there’s nothing left to do but go to church!
I hope God continues to bless us! However you’re celebrating, have a safe and happy 4th of July!
Mark