Jul
13
2018
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FRIDAY, 7/13/18

“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:32)

Good morning from Decatur, Alabama.  More on that later.

I had the privilege of visiting with Terry Lucky yesterday morning in order to pray with him before his surgery today.  He is facing a serious surgery and certainly needs our prayer support.  He will be in ICU immediately following his surgery and is projected to be in the hospital for several days.  Terry is actively involved in our bus ministry.  Our bus director, Bro. Benny McGath, will be at the hospital to pray with Terry before the surgery and then be with the family during the procedure.  Pray for Terry, pray for the surgeon and those assisting him and pray for Carol as she waits beside Terry during this time.

I visited with Randy Tillman yesterday.  Randy had quadruple heart by-pass surgery about two years ago.  He was outside push mowing his yard in the heat of the day.  I scolded him a bit but that is a lot like “pot meet kettle!”  However, I have never had heart surgery or issues.  Randy is still actively grieving Pam’s passing from this life.  Pray for Randy.

Soy, Deidra and the girls are leaving Guatemala today to travel to Costa Rica.  This is mandated by the Guatemalan government.  They have to be out of the country for at least three days as that is the law.  Pray for them to have safety in their travels and for them to get some rest while they are away. Gina will hold down the fort in their absence.

Again, the Friendship family is invited to attend the wedding of Morgan & Justin tomorrow at 2:00PM in our auditorium.

Regular schedule this Sunday morning and evening.  We will observe the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper in our evening service.  Deacons, please come prepared to assist in this service.

Why am I in Decatur?  Real simple answer – to visit my parents to bring Titus back home as he has been here since Tuesday, July 3.  Talk about an awful day of traveling yesterday – it took me right at seven hours to drive from Mobile to my parent’s house in Rocky Ford.  Why?  Lots of stops?  Yes, but not planned.  I was stopped on I-65 not once, not twice, not thee times, not four times but five different times due to accidents.  I drove through four rain showers and each of them produced at least one accident.  The first one just North of Greenville involved six vehicles.  So, I was very thankful to not be involved in any of those accidents but I was also frustrated by the time I finally got to my parent’s house.  I was “flying solo” so at least no one had to listen to me complain!

I spent about thirty minutes visiting with my parents before telling them I would see them today as I just wanted to get to a hotel and unwind from a pretty tense day of traveling.  So, I “unwound” by stopping by Big Bob’s bbq and getting a sandwich to take to the room.  Nice way to unwind and expand at the same time!  I will make a visit with my dad today, hope to visit an Uncle who is ninety three (I think), check on the construction of Eddie & Sue’s new house, and eat at Big Bob’s!

The Dodgers now lead the NL West for the first time this season – hooray!

I need for no one to tell me the score of the World Cup finals this Sunday so I can go home and watch the recording as though it s live.  (Is he serious?  What do you think?)  I need for those watching it while I preach in the second service to not applaud or shout.  I will go ahead and predict the score to be 1 – 0 or 2-1.  Riveting stuff!

I pray that you will have a great Friday with Jesus.

 

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