Two days

Saturday we went to the hall to practiced with the kitchen band. I learned that Roy, the man who does some of the organizing for the band, would not be there because his wife is having trouble with her legs. She had undergone open heart surgery this past summer, and this might be related. He took her to the emergency room at the local hospital. The band members were mumbling around and I had to leave to make a phone call to our investment advisor, Clayton. I finally got him on his way to pheasant hunt near his home in South Dakota. He could not answer my question but would learn the answer Monday and call me back. We had lunch at home, and I watched some college basketball and relaxed. Evelyn was hungry for hamburgers, so we thawed two of the Omaha steak burgers. I grilled them, and we enjoyed them with onion. We were invited to the Van Wells mobile to play dirty Uno with them as we did last Saturday. We had a good time but went later in play than I wanted, so I came home to practice the church service for tomorrow.

Sunday was a great worship service. There were 33 people who generously gave $82 in the offering. They know this is the only money I receive for preparing and leading the worship service. The people have formed a committee to serve the church service so that we can have representation with the governing board of the park. The committee is concerned about the expenses we might have (communion wafers, communion wine, etc.), but we have few if any expenses. We bought all the communion ware last year and many individual cups. We may have to buy some wafers but not likely for another season. Therefore, they would like me to establish a salary and deposit the excess into a contingency fund. They asked me to set a figure, and I will. I didn’t think much of my sermon this morning, but many people disagreed and said so. I am humbled by that type of comment. After our Bible study, one of the men offered to come over to inspect our furnace since he has retired from the business. He came after lunch but couldn’t find the exact problem. We appreciated his trying and will wait for the man to come Monday. We laid around in the afternoon until time to go to Immanuel for the fish fry. We were planning to take Roy and his wife, but she was admitted to the hospital. We went and were somewhat disappointed with the fish. We talked with the Winstons about going on the cruise through the Panama Canal with us. They seemed somewhat interested. Yesterday I received a call from a man interested in buying our unit in Harlingen. He will only pay $1900, but that will get that thing out of our lives. We will meet at 10 Monday to consummate the deal.