Off to town

This morning, before long, we will be leaving for Bellingham to do some necessary shopping.  We have noticed how much better it is to shop EARLY rather than later.  It is encouraging now that Margie can go into the stores with me.  Before she would stay in the car while I shopped.  We are so thankful for her improvement.  And we continue to do so.  We had a good day at church yesterday.  I enjoyed preaching the Word.  Our pastor was present, using a walker to get around after his partial knee surgery.  Next week he should be back in full swing again.  Yesterday morning I along with other men were prayed for at the end of the service as being newly chosen to serve on the board.   We are honored to do this and look forward to service.  We pray you all have a wonderful day filled with His blessings.  They all come from Him.

Ministry at home

With Margie's long down time at home she has still been able to carry on a ministry by telephoning people around the country for whom she is praying.  She has done this for years but is now more involved because this is something she can do. Those who receive the calls apparently appreciate the prayer concerns Margie expresses to them. This morning Margie mentioned that she wished she could have stayed in bed a little longer. But this is Sunday and we will be going to church in a couple of hours (from the time I write these lines). Our pastor asked me to preach today and I am always delighted to help him when I can. I appreciate those who knew this and are praying for me.  Thank you.

Now & then

Yes, there are days that we are not "up to par" on some things.  Yesterday Margie was not functioning the best she would like to.  But she still did the washing, made some special gluten free muffins and we were invited out for lunch.  In reality it was too much for her and we will have to monitor her condition better and not do a repeat performance on this. We are thankful though that last night she slept very well and for this we thank the Lord.  As mentioned on other days, our weather is certainly mild compared to the rest of the country.  We are grateful we can get around.  We pray each of you has a wonderful day.

No complaints

When we see the country deluged with cold weather with all its trimmings, we certainly have no complaints.  As I write this, the temperature is almost 50 degrees.  It is amazing.  Rain, we have, but I have never shoveled it.  And all this helps on our fuel bills also.  We are thankful.  Today a long time friend is treating us to lunch.  We look forward to that.   I sent in my sermon outline this morning to the church secretary.  I am almost ready to preach, although I have always "studied" right up to the moment of delivery.  I do enjoy it and am honored to be asked to help our pastor during his partial knee surgery by filling in on Sunday.  Margie did not have a good night but is right now making some gluten free muffins so she can enjoy them with the latte I make her each noon.  We'll "talk" again tomorrow, Lord willing.  Thanks for praying.

Power outage

Since early this morning, we have been without electricity.  I called the company who had already received a report of the outage.  So from 1 to 8:30 AM we were without that wonderful stuff called electricity.  Fortunately I caught it in time to turn off the laptop.  All's well now and Margie slept well which is always our concern. We have prayer meeting this afternoon and I will continue my studies for Sunday's message.  Thanks for your prayers,

Driving alone

Margie was able to drive herself to the ladies missionary meeting at church.  She enjoyed the fellowship and prayer time very much.  I was busy checking on different ones to include on our church prayer sheet that I will be making up this morning right after I finish this. I also spent some time yesterday and will  today also, on sermon preparation for Sunday.  Margie slept well last night.  It is encouraging to see her "strength level" increase slowly but surely.  For this we thank the Lord. And we thank you for praying.

Busy Monday

Yesterday we went to town for some necessary shopping.  We make quite a few stops before returning home. We are glad Margie feels strong enough for these.  At the beginning I went by myself to shop.  Then as Margie got stronger, she accompanied me but stayed in the car while I shopped at each place.  THEN came the day she said she was going into the store.  What a great day that was.  NOW we both do the shopping, each with part of the grocery list.  So you can see things are getting better and we praise the Lord for that.  We both report a good night last night. Margie wrote our NEW YEAR'S letter and I typed it up last night.  Today, perhaps, Margie will try to add some notes to some we send electronically via e-mail.   It's a beautiful day in Ferndale, the temperature is 28 (COLD) but nothing like other parts of the country.  The sun is shining brightly and we thank the Lord for a warm home and the measure of health He has given us.