Dear Family
I am so glad Adriel was willing
to come over and help eat salad. It
pains me to throw food away and I know there are not many people in my family
that will eat the amount I made. Bobby helped
too. Food was not wasted. Life is good J. Adriel chatted with us and was sweet as she
normally is. I also saw evidence that
Adriel came over a couple of other times.
Her laundry came and I texted to let her know I had put the clothes
outside on a line to dry because it was such nice weather. She was concerned because when I texted it
was raining. April fools!
We had a fun family lunch for Adriel’s Birthday
on Sunday. I was glad to have a couple
hours between church and work. My
parents made the effort to join us from the Seattle area just for that
lunch. We are blessed by their love and
sacrifice. It was nice to be with Adriel
and enjoy her adult self.
Bobby made yummy soup and Shepherds pie this week. I enjoy his cooking and made eggs out of some
of the items that didn’t make it into the pie.
I saw a friend while at work and
said “Hi” to her young son. He was a
little shy and when we asked if he remembered me he said, “No.” Both of us were OK with that but then I
mentioned, “I am Pastor Bobby’s wife.” Seeing
someone light up and transform is super fun. He smiled, became animated, and said, “I
tackle him!”
The youth group has some great
quotes this week. One person mentioned, “I speak for the trees. Respect
the amazon or I’ll break your knees.”
When this was repeated another person said, “That’s the most true thing
I have ever heard”.
Bobby didn’t want the
distraction of drawing during singing time.
The person disagreed that they were drawing. They said, “If anything I was putting the
pencil to paper”. This was so clever the
person had to mention, “That’s the smartest thing I have ever said.”
Bobby wanted
to set a standard. He said, “Tonight you
are going to be kind to each other.” A
teen popped up with, “That’s going to be a challenge!”
Sometimes when others are called on to read
they can be confused by 2 Chronicles being Corinthians. Bobby mentioned, “You are not in 2
Corinthians yet”. Another teen had to look over in disgust. “You had one
job.”
Bobby was trying to teach humility,
specifically humility while we pray. He
said, “In some ways I make you pray with humility by having you pray for other people’s
requests instead of your own.” A teen
was aghast, “You tricked me!”
I felt led to help Bobby with a game he made up
for camp this summer. He wanted tiger
tails and that was an easy sewing project.
I had to sell it to him first so I made a sample. He has been so excited about this that he
helped complete the project with great joy and even bragged to a couple of friends. How fun.
We made 31 baton shapes in animal print this week. I am blessed when I bless others.
May you also find love, blessings, and
wonderful feelings as you make the effort to bless others. May you pay life forward and choose joy. Much love,
Cristy
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