Lately

The laptop has been back for a couple of weeks now. They put in a new motherboard (its 3rd) and it is currently working fine. Let's hope it continues that way.

Friday night we served/bussed at the Mennonite Relief Sale. It seemed like they fed a record crowd - they kept the tables full. Its a great opportunity to see lots of people that you rarely see and to help a good cause.
After our shift ends and our chicken dinner is enjoyed, we cruise the Center and check out the auction, the markets, and the booths. No MRS would be complete without partaking in some Uncle Bob's Homemade Ice Cream, followed by the purchase of a dozen or two fresh donuts for our Saturday morning breakfast.

Sunday evening we attended a presentation by Loving Shepherd Ministries at the Goodfield Fellowship Hall. I hadn't realized that their scope was much greater than adoption. I was impressed by the programs to provide corrective surgeries and group homes for orphans in third world countries. www.loving-shepherd.org

Last night we visited our harvest truck driver who is in the hospital. After no warning and minimal symptoms, he was diagnosed last week with pancreatic cancer. I appreciated his attitude of "God's will be done". But, he said, "this old rooster is not ready to meet Colonel Sanders just yet". We pray for God's comfort and peace - and healing if it's his will.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 1:27