Wrapping up the weekend

I just returned from a trip to the Nursing Home. We took requests for songs, and the top ones were: When We All Get to Heaven We're Marching to Zion The Old Rugged Cross I sat next to a little lady who waved her arms and sang at the top of her lungs. She had the most glorious look on her face and her eyes shone so brightly! I'm not entirely sure how "present" she really was with us, but she sure did enjoy the singing. It always does my heart good to spend some time with these friends. ------------------------------------------ It's been a busy weekend. Saturday we started out at a benefit breakfast for a woman in our community that is now paralyzed due to an accident... sad story, but the community is really rallying for her. After the breakfast we participated in an all-day retreat at our church. We looked at our mission statement "Sharing with our Neighbors God's Hope and Love" and brainstormed on ways we could go deeper into that mission. An outline resulted that is going to guide us in setting some priorities for the next year, as far as our church activities/missions is concerned. We were able to grab a quick nap before heading to an open house for a new Funeral Home in town - Moorehead-Epps Funeral Home. NICE family that started this business and we wish them great luck. They actually volunteered some time at our Red Cross Shelter last week. So it was good to get out and support them in their business efforts. The evening rounded off with boot-scooting and bar-b-que! The second annual Denim and Diamonds fundraiser was held at our good friends ranch - Ed and Nan Creel. (www.triplenranch.com) It's a real working Longhorn Ranch, and a perfect venue for last nights excitement. The Library at Cedar Creek Lake was why everyone showed up, and the support was generous. Good music, good food, and best of all, we made some new friends. It's Sunday afternoon now, and we're going to lay low (aka NAP) until it's time to go to Jan and Stan's house for the Cowboy game. The whole crew will be there, so we'll have great fun! ----------------------------- Oh, did I mention that the people who looked at our house last week were Hurricane Evacuees? They are wanting to retire up here, away from the hurricanes! They liked our house, but haven't requested a second showing yet. So what does that mean? Stay tuned... I'm trying not to be too discouraged.