sweet Sunday

Sunday was another worship day. We had 44 in attendance and most were blessed by the message. The people in Trail’s End are very faithful and appreciative. I have different people read the OT and epistle each Sunday and I don’t have much trouble getting people to volunteer. It was an unusual day in that the Communion had not been prepared. The woman in charge came to prepare but found no wine. Another woman was supposed to buy more wine but thought the first woman was doing it. When they got together, one woman went home and got a bottle. Things got prepared and I was quite surprise to find she had used merlot instead of the usual Manichevicz. It becomes Christ’s Blood but still tastes like wine--this time a dry wine. I had a good laugh over this. We stayed for Bible class and had lunch before cleaning up. Evelyn rested while I started the smoker to smoke the country style ribs we had bought yesterday. I had some trouble getting the coals started but finally did. I put the ribs on for two hours and found that on this smoker, I should have turned them over. They burned on one side but were properly done on the other. We took them into the house and then I went to the hall to participate in the egg toss. Our neighbor participated with me last year and we won. This year, however, we finished second but could not have participated in the Encore finals anyway. I have my AARP driving class on the day of the finals. I was disappointed for him that we didn’t win again. I went to the mailboxes and found that we had a box from the Georges family--Olivia to be exact. She had bought us some Christmas gifts for us: A pair of blue socks for me and a ceramic rooster for Evelyn. We immediately called her to thank her and we had a great conversation with her about school and the play, Fiddler on the Roof, she will be in. We then took a bike ride around the park. And then returned home to make popcorn and work. Evelyn worked on the costume for Stephen in the evening. We had popcorn for supper.