Wonderful worship, tragic news

We had invited one of the neighbors to attend church with us and he had accepted. We met him at the front door after Bible study. I tried to help him follow the liturgy and got lost myself because it was Holy Communion Sunday and we followed a variance in the order of worship. I hope Michael was blessed by the message as we were, even though we were more blessed in partaking of the Lord's Supper. We came home and I chopped vegetables for the etouffee. (I am the souse chef.) We tried to nap but Ray called and wakened me. We had a nice conversation then had to dress for the evening. The neighbors, Bill and Diane Williams, came on time. Bill is a Cajun from south Louisiana so we enjoyed boudin and crawfish etouffee. We also listened to Cajun music CDs that Jimmy Trahan had given to us in April. We had a nice visit and he gave me a gold plated coin he had fouond in Alaska. There were only 4000 made in Fairbanks for some sort of celebration. The town flooded before they could be used and were buried for 10 years before he found them. He has given all but 40 of them away. After they left, I returned a call from Don and Janice Waters in Rio Hondo, Texas. To our sorrow, we learned that their daughter, Shelley, had died Saturday night. They think that some pusher had put her back on drugs and her heart could not take it. We will pray for them and look forward to bringing them comfort when we return in November. They are strong Christians but we are all challenged in our faith when something as tragic as this happens to us.