Here is a great story of what happened to me this week. Let me begin by saying my son Shawn has a saying about people who work in fast food restaurants. He says, in order to get a job in a fast food restaurant you need to pass a "stupid test". He may be right, you can decide for yourself after you hear my story. On Tuesday afternoon I went to the bank to use my ATM card and get some cash. Then I stopped by Wendy's for a soda and a chance to read my Bible. At three in the afternoon most fast food restaurants aren't very busy and Wendy's was empty. I ordered my soda and when it was delivered, I picked up a straw and took a seat by the window to read my Bible. A woman came in, she had just gone through the drive-through window, and they had gotten her order wrong (like that's never happened before!) so she got her french fries and left. Then a man came in and ordered a salad, and when he got it he left. I was the only person in the restaurant, the only customer in the entire seating area. I heard the staff talking and laughing, not surprising for an empty restaurant, but kept reading my Bible. A few minutes later, my cell phone rang. It was my son Shawn calling to tell me Wendy's had just called the house to let me know I had left my wallet there! They had looked in my wallet for my license and looked up my phone number to call my house. Never mind that my license has my picture on it and I am the only customer in the restaurant and they couldn't figure out whose wallet it was. Must have passed the "TEST"!
I wonder where this gas price increase is going to end. March 28th regular sold for $3.64.9 and this morning it was $4.19.9. It really hurts and we are going to have to change our driving habits if we are to get by.
This week Barb has had me working on painting our spare bedroom where she stripped off the old wallpaper and wants to paint it and put up a border. Here's how it looked earlier this week, it has now been primed and one coat of paint has been applied. We'll show you the finished product when we get it completed.
Pictured below is our friend John. He is currently in India where he has gone for a month to attend his sister's wedding. John plans to return to our area on June 12th and resume his job search but we pray he has a great time with his family and friends attending his sister's wedding.
Here is another of the folks from India who have been worshipping with us. Vamshi Tutu graduated last Saturday from Southern New Hampshire College in Manchester, NH. Congratulations to Tutu on a job well done. When he completes the training he has come to Connecticut to get, he will be moving on just as John and Anne have done.
On Tuesday evening we had a young couple from our church over for supper. Nick and Beth are from West Virgina but they are also in the area because of school. Beth is attending UConn's Law School. Nick is an engineer. We had a wonderful evening sharing about their life journeys and learning about their plans for the future. Beth leaves this weekend to return to West Virgina where she has an internship with a large law firm there. Nick will be left alone and we have offered to allow him to spend time and share meals with us. Beth will return in 10 weeks for her last year of law school.
This is Memorial Day weekend and I wonder how many of us really know what this holiday is about. Originally Decoration Day, it was a time to remember and decorate with flowers the graves of the fallen soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic, (the north in the Civil war).I hope you will take some time to remember those who have died to keep us free.
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