An Assortment
We only had about 25 at the assembly last night for prayer and study. I spoke from 1 John 2:15-17 on Falling Out of Love With The World. Our elders meet every Wednesday night at 6. We had a good discussion about several items, and our hopes to have a church meeting soon to update the congregation on the progress with the building. We hope to begin repairing our building very soon. There will be challenges that come along with that, but they are not as big as the challenge we have faced over the past year.
We look forward to a group of workers coming in this weekend from Hillsboro Church of Christ. They will be here through Monday. I'm sure David Kilbern has some good things ready for them to do. Sunday is our Friends and Family Fellowship Day, so we will all enjoy eating together following worship Sunday morning. The next crew coming in will be a Hope Missions group from Pennsylvania, arriving on the 16th.
FAMILY STUFF. We have enjoyed watching our granddaughter Claire grow up in our home for eight years. Recently her mother married and she is now a part of the adventure of a new family. I'm happy for our daughter that she found a good man to marry. And even though they live less than two miles away, things sure are different around here without Claire here all the time. I had such a funny feeling in the grocery store the other day when I was reaching for some Diet Pepsi and heard, "Poppy!" Of course I knew that voice and there she was. Bumping into my granddaughter in the store was sweet and wonderful, as you might guess. But I almost cried right there in the grocery store because I had to go home without her! I'm thankful that she lives here and that we get to see her some most every day. Pray for her, and her new family as they all get adjusted to living with one another in a new home. While it isn't easy on our hearts, it is a good thing. Our son John will turn 17 in October. He is in his Junior year in High School and I expect that he'll be graduating before we can turn around. Does it sound like I have empty nest syndrome before the nest is empty? Just think, Margaret will have to live with me without the distraction of the kids. Pray for her!
WHERE HOPE REMAINS. For some time now I have been cultivating a blog that reflects my interest in, and information about, crisis and disaster response. It has been located HERE. I knew when I started it that I would be time challenged to keep it up. For now I'm going to merge some of that over here on Out Here Hope Remains. At times I may update the daily posts, rather than just create a new post. If you check back you may need to refresh the page to see any changes. In each of the stories we must look beyond the struggles to see that no matter what happens, Hope Remains because God is present.
Larry James Reflects On Lessons Learned About Faith As He Wages War on Poverty in Inner City Dallas.
Ernesto has reemerged over the Atlantic waters near Cape Canaveral and has already wasted no time strengthening into a tropical storm.
Ernesto, John, and Ioke. Dr. Jeff Masters reports in his blog from yesterday that, "The incredible Category 4 Supertyphoon Ioke continues to rumble towards tiny Wake Island in the Pacific. The entire population of the island has been evacuated to Hawaii. ... It is expected that Ioke's storm surge may completely submerge the island. Ioke has a significant wave height of 50 feet, meaning that 1/3 of the waves in the storm are higher than that. Wow!"
Big Plans for Pascagoula!
Severe Weather Rips Roofing Off of Grand Bay Middle School.
Gulfport Carjacker Meets His Match!
FAMILY STUFF. We have enjoyed watching our granddaughter Claire grow up in our home for eight years. Recently her mother married and she is now a part of the adventure of a new family. I'm happy for our daughter that she found a good man to marry. And even though they live less than two miles away, things sure are different around here without Claire here all the time. I had such a funny feeling in the grocery store the other day when I was reaching for some Diet Pepsi and heard, "Poppy!" Of course I knew that voice and there she was. Bumping into my granddaughter in the store was sweet and wonderful, as you might guess. But I almost cried right there in the grocery store because I had to go home without her! I'm thankful that she lives here and that we get to see her some most every day. Pray for her, and her new family as they all get adjusted to living with one another in a new home. While it isn't easy on our hearts, it is a good thing. Our son John will turn 17 in October. He is in his Junior year in High School and I expect that he'll be graduating before we can turn around. Does it sound like I have empty nest syndrome before the nest is empty? Just think, Margaret will have to live with me without the distraction of the kids. Pray for her!
WHERE HOPE REMAINS. For some time now I have been cultivating a blog that reflects my interest in, and information about, crisis and disaster response. It has been located HERE. I knew when I started it that I would be time challenged to keep it up. For now I'm going to merge some of that over here on Out Here Hope Remains. At times I may update the daily posts, rather than just create a new post. If you check back you may need to refresh the page to see any changes. In each of the stories we must look beyond the struggles to see that no matter what happens, Hope Remains because God is present.
Larry James Reflects On Lessons Learned About Faith As He Wages War on Poverty in Inner City Dallas.
Ernesto has reemerged over the Atlantic waters near Cape Canaveral and has already wasted no time strengthening into a tropical storm.
Ernesto, John, and Ioke. Dr. Jeff Masters reports in his blog from yesterday that, "The incredible Category 4 Supertyphoon Ioke continues to rumble towards tiny Wake Island in the Pacific. The entire population of the island has been evacuated to Hawaii. ... It is expected that Ioke's storm surge may completely submerge the island. Ioke has a significant wave height of 50 feet, meaning that 1/3 of the waves in the storm are higher than that. Wow!"
Big Plans for Pascagoula!
Severe Weather Rips Roofing Off of Grand Bay Middle School.
Gulfport Carjacker Meets His Match! Today in Pascagoula: Partly Cloudy, Hi: 91 Lo: 65
FEMA Gives 505,000 To Rebuild Long Beach Firehouse
ERNESTO NEARLY HURRICANE STRENGTH!
posted by JD @ 8/31/2006 04:32:00 AM
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