Caroling the shut-ins

We were blessed with 39 in attendance at our worship service. One of our friends who couldn’t come from Saskatchewan last year due to health was back with their grandson. Another couple had visitors from International Falls, MN. We came directly home from worship to finish the preparations for our party tonight. Evelyn finished a hot and mild jambalaya and cornbread muffins. We moved some furniture and decided how the food line would flow. Everything was pretty well decided and prepared, so we took a nap and waited for Bonny. She picked us after we moved our car to the parking place at the hall. (We expected a couple who couldn’t walk far and wanted them to have the parking.) She picked up Joe and we went to the church to rendezvous with the other carolers. It was 4 but we didn’t finish until after 7. We visited 7 shut-ins from our church. We were pleasantly surprise that a Hispanic family with 6 children went with us. The kids loved singing ”Joy to the World” as well as the other carols. The shut-ins really liked them. We learned that 3 of the kids were theirs and 3 others were children of the mother’s sister. Their father had shot and killed their mother last summer while the children watched. The mother and father who brought them here had adopted them because they had no home—mother dead, father in prison. We all came to our house and we enjoyed jambalaya and the things the others brought. Bonny brought tamales that were a big hit. We also enjoyed adult beverages. We had a very enjoyable evening.