Friday Night on the Coast

It's hard for me to believe that I haven't posted a blog in a while. Wednesday night Ross Jordan from Dalton, GA spoke at Central. I hear he did a great job. I was sitting in a chair (blah blah same old story about me). My leg is somewhat better each day, but still not fully healed. How can it take this long? Everyone seems to be very understanding that I cannot do a lot of the things I'd like to do. I'll have some catching up to do. Thursday evening Carla Calhoun arrived and we had some great conversation about disaster relief. She spent the night at our home. Margaret made a great breakfast for us this morning and we all spent the day together. Carla is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to information dealing with FEMA and disaster relief. Of course disaster visited her backyard ten years ago when the Alfred P. Murrah building was blown up by a domestic terrorist. We skipped lunch today, so we went to Seaman's Cove for supper tonight. I was out and about for an hour or so, then back to the chair. We enjoyed a long visit with David and Elaine Kilbern tonight as well. Of course the ministry to the community continues ... *Brooke and Twila visited with an elderly lady and her grown son who are living in a house with mold from floor to ceiling. They are still wearing the shoes they were wearing when the flood came on August 29. They only had a few sets of clothes. They were embarassed to ask for help. *FEMA helped us acquire some couches and chairs from a hotel chain in Florida. David Jordan and others have been a part of a massive effort to get the furniture into the homes of those who an use them. *We have four loads of sheetrock on the way, which will go a long way in enabling people to make progress in their home. *Tonight there were about a dozen who arrived from Nashville (Hillsboro church of Christ) and two from Memphis (Highland Church of Christ). Lynn Griffith (Nashville) and his wife and others associated with them have been here several times. Andy and Kelly (Memphis) have been here twice. It's great to have friends come back again to help us. We have enjoyed establishing some ties with these special people. June will be busy with speaking engagements, Bible Camp, family reunion and other stuff. If you are in the area when we speak at places, please come and visit! *June 4 - Pleasure Island Church of Christ in Gulf Shores, AL *June 21 - Airline Drive Church of Christ in Bosier City, LA *June 25 - Brentwood Hills Church of Christ in Nashville (early service) and Hillsboro Church of Christ (evening service). *June 28 - Available in Tennessee - give me a call! Of course all of this will be pre-empted in the case of a ... umm... intense tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico.