A week ago, Ken and Becky were down to visit John and Marge. We had them over for a night and we went out to eat with them one night. The Wednesday evening they were here, there were four of us (couples) that had been to Alabama together last year – Rudy and I, John and Becky, Warren and Shirley Fehr, and Jerome and Mary Witzig. The very next Sunday, we added another to the mix, John Cottrell and his wife were here in Sarasota. One of the added blessings of the work teams are the friendships that are formed!
Monday night we had John and Marge over for supper and a round of “Mexican Train”.
Tuesday we went to the World Relief sewing.
Wednesday evening, we went to Harold and Carole’s for supper with Carol and Everett, Ron and Hope Gasser and Ed and Anita Riggenbach (though Ed was exhausted from their travels and did not come for the evening….on flight standby, they traveled from Cleveland to LaGuardia to Miami to Tampa and then had about a two hour drive down to Venice).
Thursday morning we went to Sarasota Health Department to get our prescription for Chloroquine (anti-malaria for our return trip – one pill a week while we are there and four weeks after we return). Of course, we each had to pay for our “doctor visit”. It was almost comical – Rudy almost couldn’t stop laughing, which tells me he is rather excited to return. He was laughing at the fact that we paid $60 ($30 each) for a 5 minute meeting with a person who couldn’t even sign the prescription; he had to go to another office, which is why the meeting didn’t take 1 minute. While the gentleman was gone, Rudy could hardly control himself - “It is costing us more to get this prescription than it does to have a baby in Haiti!” And we haven’t paid for the actual pills yet!
Last evening, 21 of us met at Joanne Widmer’s for supper (Carol Beery was in charge of planning the meal). We had soup and sandwiches and it all tasted wonderful.
Unfortunately, I seem to have hit a wall in the weight management. Eight pounds came off in the first two weeks seemingly easy (added during the holidays and the inactivity from the ankle sprain – which is still giving me fits at times). Since then, I have been limping (figuratively) along with 1 or 2 pounds per week, and this week they don’t seem to want to let go (hmmm…I wonder if three gatherings, i.e.. “big” suppers, has had anything to do with that…). The pounds that have been stuck on for awhile, the last four years, are much more proving to be much more difficult to shed.
Regardless, we continue to enjoy and grow spiritually from the study. Rudy has said a number of times that we need to go through it again once we finish and we aren’t even half way through. I am glad that he is enjoying it and benefiting form it. It helps me to slow down and focus in the morning. The morning is by far my most productive time and I can sometimes be tempted to go 90 miles an hour as soon as my feet hit the floor (rudy’s description). Sounds great, but using this method, I often run out of gas by noon! And having that time of focus on His word along with Rudy is so profitable for the soul.
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.” ~ I Timothy 6: 6-8
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