Like I shared with our community in chapel this week, I lvoe you guys, but when our grand kids, say pawpaw, can you come stay with us, we are out of here! That's where we have been and will be next week! A true blessing from God!
But life goes on, so does our community. Basketball has added a new assistant coach. One of our long time friends, Dan Poole, his son has joined in on the fun and helping out Matt and Chuck. Will has lots of basketball experience, so it will be good for the boys to learn new things from him. Bryce has been busy in the garden, working with groups adding new beds and cleaning up the old ones. Our camps continue to decline, a blessing. A part of our group at Olgilve is gone, moved inside. We need a trumpet of praise to report Jerry has gotten his first check for moving inside. He went and opened up a checking account! He has not been to a bank in 10 years! He is in the process of locating an apartment to move into, what a blessing! No more mosquitos or bitter cold to fight anymore! Thank you God!
I have always wanted to say, is there a doctor in the house?! I got to say that at the Bright House II last Saturday, as Doc G, as she likes to be called walked in on me, Krysten and Joey going over some insurance questions. Georgette was in town to visit with her mom, stopping by to see everybody. It was great to see the both of them, our girls are growing up! Krysten is now in the insurance business, if any of you ever need anything in that field!
We are working on the center, trying to get it ready for the start of our afternoon activities. They will be starting in September. Please let Allison or Lisa know if you can help out.
Monday, Joey and John Sauls and others went down to Baton Rouge to help in the clean up of all the flooding. Grace will be sending another team down there Labor Day weekend. Please call their office if you would like to join them.
Thursday started off dry, but the heavens opened up and the rains came. Over 2 inches in our part of the world before it was over with. Streets were beginning to flood as we were driving home. But the community did not let that stop them as we had a packed house! Chapel was standing room only as Brother Chester shared the Word and Ms Abbie and Bryce led our singing. Z prepared our meal and we had help from the community to serve it up and clean off the tables. The Market was busy with everybody getting a chance to shop. A great evening of fellowship.
There is another work day in the clothing room this Saturday from 9 - 1. Please come and help and meet our community. The clothing room is looking great and about ready to be opened back up again. Jennifer and Kaylan are doing a great job organizing everything.
We are reading Psalms in our Monday night Bible study. A couple of weeks ago, a question was asked from our reading of Psalm 85, verse 7, Show us your unfailing love, Lord, and grant us your salvation. The question was asked, what does God's unfailing love look like to us?
What does God's lvoe look like to you? It can take many forms. It is unique to each one of us. We need to be able to explain what it looks like to others. That sounds easy until you give it a try. It your small groups, with your friends, try to explain what Jesus has done for you and to you.
In our community, where sometimes there is little hope of escaping the grasps of poverty, we need to be able to show to our neighbors or tell them there is a light, a way, that is available to all of us. If you just turn your life over to Christ and let the lvoe of the Holy Spirit shine through, there is hope.
What does God's unfailing lvoe look like? Maybe it's playing a guitar, playing a piano, bagging groceries, cleaning off the tables, organizing a room, cooking, teaching, preaching, visiting friends, listening, hugging, digging in the dirt, mowing, mopping, empting the trash, washing dirty clothes. Sometimes it is easier to show some one what God's lvoe looks like, but we also need to explain why we do what we do. Remembering it is not about us, but about God working in and through us. Amen!
Have a great week. God is good - all the time!!
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