Catching Up

We had a good weekend at Central with lots of activity, as usual. Saturday was a day of bad weather, but it did pass. Sunday morning we had 109 assembled with only a few hurricane relief workers present. My sermon was on the two greatest commands, with an emphasis on the second one as it relates to hurricane relief. It was great to have a few of our members present who have had significant health problems recently. A big surprise was to walk into Central Sunday morning and see Tony the truckdriver (on the right in the picture to the left) in the foyer. Longtime readers of this blog will remember Tony's inspiriational visit from State Center, Iowa early on. I reminded you of his visit when we served the Grubbs. They had received a foodbox from Tony's visit and a card inside from Lucas. It turns out that Tony had no idea about that story. He told me that he tries to do all the good he can as he travels the United States, but he never knows if it does any good. He was blessed to know that his delivery of the foodbox resulted in bringing much happiness to an elderly couple and a young boy who cared enough to write from Iowa to the Coast. Since my last post I have learned of Doug Conklin's (on the left in the picture above) decision to move to the Coast. (Now I must admit that as I sit here I have doubts that I have his name right ... I'll work on that and make a correction if need be!!!). He was a part of one of the Hope Missions team from Pennsylvania. He has a big heart, and a lot of ability. We are so blessed to have his talent and his love for the Lord to influence all of us here at Central. The lord has sent laborers into his Harvest field! Speaking of laborers, we were sorry to see our helpers from Indiana head back home. I admit to being terrible with names. In the picture to the right there is one great couple who were very helpful (I'll try to get their names!). Next to them is David and Elaine Kilbern. Next is David Jordan win the blue hat. All the way to the right is Ellen and Morris Bristow. Ellen originally came down with three other retired ladies. This time she brought Morris, and he is a character who brings a lot of joy to the worksite! These are salt-of-the-earth folks who love the Lord and love to give time and energy to His people. And they all do so with a smile on their face! I spent most of today helping Kenneth Wiley get checked into the hospital in Mobile for back surgery tomorrow. He is the one who was baptized last Wednesday. Keep him in your prayers and I'll let you know how things turn out. An update on Roy Clark - maybe he knew more than I did! He's doing much better! That's great! David and Elaine will be out of town for a few days. They deserve to take a week or two off, but their heart is right here in the chaos of service. Please do not neglect to keep them in your prayers. Check out my young friend's new blog, click here: Cecil May, IV. C4 is a brilliant young man who has a great sense of humor. He will be entering engineering graduate school at Mississippi State University this Fall. He is also a fine Christian brother who even occasionally preaches when there is a need. His dad, Cecil May III has a blog, but he doesn't update it. His grandfather was a teacher of mine, Cecil May, Jr. He does not have a blog, but he does run the Bible department at Faulkner University. I also met "Daddy May", so I have been acquainted and friends with four "Cecil Mays". Wonder if there will be a Cecil May V one day? Thanks for reading and when you get a chance, commenting.