Dear Family,
I
am thankful for warm tea in the morning, great conversations, when my cat
crawls into my lap, the Union Gospel Mission Thrift store, God’s protection,
rain gear, and Bobby’s amazing cooking.
I enjoyed his chicken and dumplings on Monday. He also made wings for him and Seth. They enjoyed those. He also made salmon bisque on Friday, and it
is still amazing!
I
also am so grateful when Bobby is home because then I take time to relax. Without him I have so many projects I want to
do!
Tuesday night’s
youth group was so full of fun. When
Bobby asked if people would be willing to help with the candy fest on Halloween
night. One person said, “Will you accept
maybes?” And when Bobby said, “Yes” my problem was that I heard “babies”
so I had to interject with, “What?!” When
Bobby figured out what I thought he said he laughed and said, “Yes, we’ll be
giving out Babies at the harvest party.
One for you and one for you.”
Along with giving motions that looked a little like Mufasa in the lion
King. Oh dear.
When Bobby was
trying to help people be less loud he said . . “But what I do want . . . .“ and
there was just enough pause for someone else to say, “is Cristy”. This made me laugh but I don’t think anyone
else heard it so – that was good.
While talking
about fear Bobby mentioned one of his scary moments was watching Rich’s van
full of youth do a double spin in snowy/icy weather in front of him. He could only get out, “Oh Rich!” A youth asked, “Did he die?” Rich was like, “What?” Bobby said, “Yes, that’s his ghost – everyone
should poke him to see if he’s alive.” This
was met with a Rich, “Noooooo, that’s OK.”
High school group
had warm welcomes, light banter and sweet hugs.
Even in the horrible weather it’s worth getting out of the house to be
there. I enjoyed one person’s story of
their childhood fear. They said, “My
closet.” And when we said, “Oh what’s in
it?” Their response was this interesting
story. Their closet was loud and creaky,
but they enjoyed playing with it. A
sibling warned them (they were about 8 years old) that the door was going to
fight back! This young person ignored
their sibling then had a vivid, horrible dream about the door. After that dream every time they moved the
closet door they said, “Sorry closet.” I
love the honesty, surprise and ingenuity of our fears.
Someone else
mentioned being scared of octopuses when they were little. This made us joke about one youth who liked
to give three armed hugs (adding a leg).
I say liked because that wasn’t appropriate, and we had to explain
that’s not how we do hugs as a youth group.
(See the book, “Stuff Christians like” by John Acuff. The cover has, “Side Hugs,” right on it.)
In the lesson
Bobby was talking about yielding to God.
There was a picture of a yield sign with, “Yield to God” inside of
it. When asking our High Schoolers, (some
of them drive!) the definition of yield there were mixed results. One person stated that it’s like a stop sign
but not as much. Bobby came up with, “It’s
not a ‘Diet stop sign.’”
The harvest party
was so full! I enjoyed little people and
whole families in such creative costumes.
How fun to see new faces in our church gym. How exciting to see little ones in such a new
situation. Many toddlers did not know
what was going on and that was OK. It
was a celebration, and I enjoyed handing out candy, smiling, pictures and good
plain old fun.
Adriel had an
incident with a stranger on the street.
She used words, strength, and even a threat with the skateboard in her
hand. She learned something new about
herself. She’s a fighter. She was left shaken, angry and thankful that
nothing serious happened. Adriel and I
are both so glad Angels were protecting her.
Adriel planned a
party for her work, and it went well.
How fun. I am glad she enjoys her
job. I knew she would do amazing. She has a heritage of fun in her life, and
she made carnivals for the neighborhood kids when she was young.
Seth enjoyed
Bobby’s cooking, and this gives Bobby great delight. Seth looked sad when Bobby told him only one
Salmon Bisque a day for leftovers. Bobby
was happy.
I delight in my
bicycle rides to work and back. I am so
grateful that my body works! I revel in
the beautiful scenery, and I am super excited when our gas bill is $77 out of
the budgeted $200. Amazing! I have had to contemplate rain gear and how
that all works because coming to work soaked is uncomfortable. No one else is concerned but I don’t like the
feeling. Therefore, I bought two rain boots and two rain jackets at the Union
Gospel mission store this weekend for under $16! Wow!
That is very exciting to me. I
Love a great deal.
May you also enjoy thrifting, the beauty of
your surroundings and all the people you encounter. Much love,
Cristy
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