That was the Week that was.

The previous weekend was busy.  We went to a high school production of Grease with John and Sue.  They loved it, but I thought it was OK.  We went out for dinner afterward.  Evelyn spent much of the day working with the LWML in making and delivering cookie boxes to shut ins at Immanuel.  Sunday we went to worship again and had another large crowd.  I am not sure the Lord wants us to leave here.  We will know if someone offers pay our price for our home.  During the night, I discovered that a short feeder hose to our major toilet in our home. 

Monday morning Armand and I went to Mercedes for the part and he repaired it for me.  We invite John and Sue to play dominoes at our home.  They are domino devotees and miss playing with their friend, Dick.  We had a good time with them. 

Tuesday we hosted another “Bible Issues” session but without company.  We watched a small part of Radical Islam on the March.  We are still convinced that Islam will control the earth if our Lord doesn’t return soon.  I was scheduled to help with the lunch at the craft sale but was not needed, so I came home.  We were blessed to SKYPE with Andrew and Emily but an hour later than we had planned.  We spent the evening at home.

Evelyn exercised in the morning while I cut the grass.  I also sprayed Roundup on the weeds that the mower can’t reach.  It was also the day that Glenn’s mother had surgery.  His brother had come back to be with her.  Around 11 Armand and I went to play golf.  The weather was very pleasant as it has been all week.  Evelyn had gone to Harlingen to attend a Christian Women’s luncheon.  She returned home too late for us to go to the afternoon Lenten service so we went to Immanuel in the evening. 

Thursday evening was the Gideon Christmas party.  It is a carry in dinner and Evelyn took a cabbage casserole that Betty Golden had given her in North Carolina.  Of course I mean the recipe.  It was delicious but few people tried it.  We had a wonderful dinner but no program.  For at least 3 years, the DVD player on their 55 inch TV was not working.  We did just have a nice visit.  I also made an arrangement to have a speaker come in February.  We had napped in the afternoon, so I was not too tired.  I stayed up until almost midnight making copies of the readings for the remainder of the year.  It is gratifying to have that much of the year planned ahead of time.

Friday is our afternoon at the hospital.  During the morning we went to visit John and Sue for a while and then went to have some chicken fingers for lunch.  We were slightly early for our shift but were not bored.  We had quite a bit of business for the 3 1/2 hours we worked before going to help with the children’s Christmas party.  I helped print the pictures of the families with Santa.  The highlight was meeting the son of the vice president of the hospital.  He was a very talented 9 year old who had been on the championship football team in Texas for his age group.  More importantly, he was one of the most pleasant young boys I have ever met.  It is another reminder that there were some young kids just like him that were killed in Connecticut today.  But even at that, Christ has blessed us with boys like Austin that I met today.  We won’t understand why things like this happen until we meet the Christ in His home—with many of those little kindergartners no longer with us.  But some like little Austin will be there too.  Will you?  I hope to see you.