The renters arrive

I wakened at 5 and could not return to sleep. I kept thinking about our former close friends who had left for the north just this morning. I can’t adjust to the fact that they just dropped us without explanation, even though I tried to find out why. I wrote them a letter but will likely not send it. If they don’t want contact with me, I should leave them alone. I went back to sleep until 7 and then walked around. I am listening to Steve Brown’s teaching on Galatians. He uses it to teach about Grace. As I walked, a woman gave me a nice piece of grapefruit pie she had made. I took it home and served it to the Stehliks in the afternoon. We cleaned up and I ran some errands before church at noon. We met the Stehliks at worship and then went to lunch with them. We came here to show them around the house and tell them some of the things we want them to do while they stay here. I was surprised that they will be staying until nearly August. When they left I went to get the shield for the car. It was ready and I learned how to install it and came home with it on the front. I drove only 40 but it seemed to shimmy quite a lot. He had welded the mounting iron onto the car, designed the shield, welded it and only charged $231. I thought that was reasonable. We went to the Winston’s to pick some grapefruit for Emily. They were very small and sparse. Joe came out and talked a while. Bonny is in Austin but will return tomorrow. I doubt that we will be able to see them before we leave. I also had an e-mail from Joneses saying they were coming to the Valley next week. We will likely not see them until we see them in NC. We stayed in tonight and began to watch The Passion of the Christ. We will finish it later.