A beautiful weekend

Friday Evelyn and Bonny went to an Antique show in Harlingen.  she found an antique table that she wanted to buy for our Texas room.  She sold our card table and chairs and now wants to replace them.  I won’t pay $360 for a table without chairs.  I went to perform with the kitchen band and ate lunch at home before driving to the hospital.  Bonny brought Evelyn who ate lunch and then worked with us at the information desk.  We learned that Mr. Somerset, former CEO, is no longer with the hospital, and Debbie Rektorik, Evelyn’s boss where she normally works was retiring that day.  Most of the women who worked in the foundation were invited to lunch with her, but Evelyn had not been informed in time to go.  She was unhappy to say the least.  There may be many more changes since the new owners are trimming employees.  We had a busy day handing out passes for visits to patients.  Rose Okell had invited us to her house for pizza.  She wanted to do that before they leave for home on Valentine’s day.  She also invited Judy.  We had a nice visit and planned to go to lunch together next Monday or Tuesday.

Saturday we went out for breakfast around 10.  I have always liked a small restaurant named Pimento’s but will not likely return.  There was a limited menu, poor service and no others there.  We went on to an antique store where I found a drop leaf table for $160 and 4 chairs for $100 that were acceptable for our house.  We loaded everything into our SUV and drove home.  Armand helped me carry it in because it was a bit heavier than I wanted Evelyn to lift.  He also helped me repair the trim on our credenza before going home to watch the hockey game.  The NHL players just accepted the offer from the owners, enabling the season to begin.  We decided to invite them to play dominos for an hour and a half.  I have invited them to come to worship with us, but they are just not interested in being exposed to the Gospel.  That is a really sad situation for both Evelyn and me.  We have learned to love them and hate to see them leave us forever still lost for eternity.  We can only pray that we are wrong about their faith. 

We had 39 in our worship service Sunday.  We had Holy Communion and had exactly enough servings of Christ’s blood for the congregation. We came home and finished dinner preparations for Roger and Judy Nickerson.  She has been diagnosed with leukemia, and we want to support both of them.  Evelyn was concerned about the meal, but it was delicious as usual.  I watched both of the football games off and on.  It was such a gorgeous day that we took a bike ride around both parks here.  We had hoped to find someone to play a table game and eat popcorn with us, but no one wanted to come.  We have a very busy week ahead, especially on Tuesday.