Pastor's Blog

It is now a little after 7:00AM and they have just taken Barbara back to the surgery area so it appears the surgery will begin around 7:30AM.

I do not have an update on Gunnar but have sent Sherry a message so I should have an update tomorrow.

What a “different” Sunday!  Obviously, it very, very rare for us to cancel a service but that was the case for last night’s service.  The continual rains, the less than favorable road conditions, et cetera made it a wise choice to cancel the service.  I appreciate Bro. Jerry, Bro. Benny, Bro. Chris and the deacons for making that call in my absence.  I fully support their decision.

The old saying says something about “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” or something like that.  I do not know about the rats but my plans definitely went awry yesterday.  Lisa and I flew to Grand Rapids, MI on Friday, attended a wedding rehearsal that afternoon (I was the officiant, Lisa was the coordinator), went to the wedding on Saturday afternoon, and left GRR early on Sunday morning arriving in ATL on time.  So far, so good.  We boarded the plane for Mobile and were literally on the runway taking off when the captain pulled up saying the Mobile airport was closed.  Plan going awry!  If everything went as planned, I would be home in time to preach the 10:30AM service after Edwin Williams had preached the 8:00AM service.  Plan completely awry now as we had to rebook our flight to Gulfport.  We spent eight hours in the Atlanta airport.  Charles & Ann graciously (he only charged me $75) picked us up in GPT as our car was at the Mobile airport.  We arrived home safe & sound late yesterday afternoon.  What a great vacation day!

My good pastor friend, Dr. Jack Bailey, loves rain.  The more, the better.  I have invited him to Grand Bay and the surrounding areas.  He would be in hog heaven!

I pray that you will have a good Monday with Jesus!  Stay dry!