great weekend

I was fortunate to have an extra night off this weekend ( had a deferred holiday to use before May 12) so that is always a blessing. Not that I really accomplished that much with the extra time off, other than taking all 3 dogs to the clinic as I wrote in a previous posting. But still, it was good to have an extra night to be a slug.
We had a good service at church Sunday morning. Love and forgiveness-- two integral components of having a real, personal relationship with Jesus. We can't have one without the other. A member of my church family who had fallen out of fellowship, came forward and asked for forgiveness. Its amazing how the Holy Spirit works, because that was the theme of both our Sunday school lesson, and our pastor's sermon. Many prayers had gone up regarding this man and his family, that they be restored to us, and our prayers were answered. Our God is an awesome God!
Our fund-raising efforts for the summer youth trip are going great. We have been selling fish plate tickets for a month or so. I figured we'd probably sell 200 or so. Well, are you ready for this..we have sold over 600, so this should go a long way towards paying our way. Thanks to everyone who sold tickets, made donations, and prayed for our efforts to be blessed. They certainly were. Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the big day, there will be lots of cooking and delivering of plates. My stomach is growling already, because there ain't much better than good ole southern fried catfish and hushpuppies. Hurray!

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