May
07
2020
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THURSDAY, 5/7/20

Happy ninth birthday to our granddaughter, Emmy!  I hope she has a great day.  Emmy loves life and especially loves to swim.  She also enjoys riding her bike.  We love Emmy!

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”  (Psalm 46:1)

I heard our morning attendance was good yesterday.  Did not hear anything about the evening service but I hope it was good too.

The church office is open today from 8:00AM until 4:00PM.  As normal, it will be closed tomorrow and then open again on Monday, 5/11, at 8:00AM.

Two very special friends from outside the Friendship family are scheduled for surgery today.  First, Decker Terry from Montgomery, AL will have some major surgery first thing this morning.  His surgery will take place in Birmingham and he will have to spend at least one night in the hospital.  Pray for Decker!

Shari Compagner from Hamilton, Michigan will also have surgery today.  Her surgery is sinus surgery and she will be in the very capable hands of Dr. Rich Strabbing.  Rich is a good friend and I have much confidence in him.  Pray for Shari.

Stella Brinkman had some things done yesterday.  She still has a long road in front of her.  Keep praying for Stella and her family.

Eddie Albritton, Sr. remains in the hospital.  He may have a MRI today and then possibly be moved to a rehab facility in a few days.  Eddie has been through a lot over the past two plus months.  Keep praying.

Mary Jackson remains in the hospital too.  She and her family appreciate your prayer support.

Our Sunday schedule for this Sunday, May 10, will be a duplicate of last Sunday.  Live stream at 8:00AM, drive in Sunday School (Bro. Abel) at 9:15AM, drive in Sunday School (Bro. Jerry) at 9:45AM, drive in worship at 10:30AM and then drive in worship at 6:00PM.  I am praying for great attendance in all of our services as we honor God by honoring our mothers on Mother’s Day 2020.  Will you join us?  I pray so.

Lisa and I were able to basically spend all day yesterday with my parents.  Dad had a good day mentally but is still so very weak physically.  He stayed in the bed the entire day.  I have been asked, “what do you think?”  Honesty, I do not know.  These UTI’s are really taking a toll on him and he does not seem to be bouncing back nearly as quickly as he has in the past.  I have almost always had a good feel for how much time a person has left but this is different and I guess a big part of that is because this is my dad so my vision is somewhat blurred.

I have received a good number of e-mails, iMessages and text messages since yesterday’s blog entry.  My parents do not have internet so I was not able to respond to any of those most kind messages.  Just know that I am very grateful to each person who sent me a message.  It means a lot.  I appreciate the prayers.

Lisa and I will leave early this morning in order to meet Decker in Birmingham to have a word of prayer with him before his surgery.  We will then head toward Grand Bay.

I am pretty amazed at the difference in the temperatures between Hartselle and Grand Bay.  Hartselle is presently at forty one degrees while Grand Bay is at fifty nine degrees.  The folks here are going to stay cool for several days but we will basically remain the eighties.  The humidity in Grand Bay today is supposed to only be thirty eight percent – nice!  Perhaps we will get some rain tomorrow afternoon and that will be great on my garden.

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

 

 

 

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