A week filled with God’s power on display

Monday was a day in Mexico.  Evelyn wanted a haircut, but her regular barber is gone at this time.  She found one acceptable in Mexico.  I got one also, and we both may not need another before Easter.  We went with John and Sue and went out for lunch.  I also went to the dentist to have my partial bridge replaced.  I had to negotiate the price since it was a return trip.  I had been told my filling replacement last year would hold it in place but it didn’t.  It was not quite so hot so the day was enjoyable. 

Tuesday was our Bible study day.  The morning study was from 10-11 and featured “That the World May Know” with Ray Vanderlaan.  We left there and went to La Feria at the small restaurant where I had a coupon.  On to Harlingen where we shopped at Kohl’s and Tuesday Morning.  Kohl’s some luggage on special, and I ordered some on line.  It will be delivered later.  Evelyn also bought some lingerie.  We returned home, rested, ate supper and went to the evening study featuring a different DVD by Ray Vanderlaan.  He takes people through the Holy Land and explains God’s plans and events on the sites.  We really are blessed through these studies. 

Wednesday morning I cut our grass, the neighbor’s grass (he provides the mower) and his mother’s grass.  I also began practicing the message for the next Sunday.  We did go to a neighboring park to dance in the afternoon.  We wanted to go with John and Sue, but they were too tired from shuffling all morning.  We went alone but met a retired air force pilot who may have known a high school classmate who also was a pilot.  I sent my friend an email and learned that he did vaguely remember the other pilot.  Around midnight and ambulance came to take Mrs. Lemke across the street to the hospital.  I learned that she had a blood clot in her leg and had fallen.  I thought of Judy next to her who had a similar problem resulting in her leg being amputated.  The doctor is trying to dissolve the clot to prevent the radical procedure.

Thursday was kitchen band.  Most of our performances are on Friday this year—all except the one at John Knox Village.  Ironically, we perform the 2nd Thursdays, but the leader assumed that since today was the 7th it must be the 2nd.  It was the 1st, causing us and a small band from Donna to arrive together.  We just blended our groups and played together.  I think the residents enjoyed it.  We came home for lunch and learned Armand wanted to play golf today.  I didn’t especially want to go but did since this will likely be our final play together.  It was a hot day but we played well until the final hole.  We still had respectable scores but not what we should have had.  We returned home, had a beer and looked at a project in our back patio.  I asked his advice again and thought he had promised to give it and let me do the work.  I had to shower after a sweaty game and was sitting in the Texas room when I heard him working on the project.  He claimed he never promised to let me do the work and started on his own.  I couldn’t help because I had to stay clean since we were scheduled to attend the Pastor’s Appreciation Banquet with the Gideons.  He has done that several times: gone ahead and worked on our problems by himself.  We will take them to an elaborate seafood buffet for lunch tomorrow as a farewell gift and thank you lunch.  We were surprised when another Gideon in our park came to get me and the park pastor alone.  Evelyn and I were ready as a couple, but they were alone.  Evelyn had returned to the doctor in the afternoon and wasn’t feeling the greatest but went along anyway.  We are always blessed by the testimonies about what God does in people’s lives through the scriptures handed out by the Gideons.  We were home before 10, so I went to the pharmacy to get Evelyn’s prescription.