Judson, our 4 year old, went with me to History Land Nursery on Newland Rd. this morning/afternoon. He sort of enjoys tagging along. He's gone with me to 3 or 4 of my visits to the worksite at Greenfields, on Rt 17, and is more comfortable there. A couple of the guys live in a trailer home onsite, and we stepped in to visit with them while they finished up their lunch. Judson went into 'intro' mode - burying his face in my shoulder, and not answering any questions or making eye contact with either Jesus (Chewy) or Daniel, his brother. It was a little offputting, but they seemed to understand, and didn't seem offended. (sigh)
The devotional went a little longer than usual. It lasted about 20 minutes. Usually I'm done in 10. it went well, though. told the story of Joseph, giving thanks in all circumstances b/c we don't know going in what good will come through them ... not to NOT allow complaints, but to realize that most of what we live through makes us stronger, or maybe wiser (hopefully) or at least ... gives us life experience to move forward ...
Our encuentro on Sunday went REALLY well ... we had 35 men and women show up, along with 20 or so members of the church -- and THEY ENGAGED EACH OTHER!!! FINALLY It was a pretty animated game of Dominos. But hey, whatever works. :-)
Dr. Morris and the congregation were incredibly gracious and welcoming. After the Devotional (which Leslie gave ... I translated for her when she got in a little deep :-)) Dr. Morris shared in song - he sang 'How Great Thou Art' ... and got an ovation from the group.
One note. Three of the guys left right before the worship/devotional time. Partly because they were tired, but mostly (I found out later) because they just became so homesick. :-(
I can REALLY identify with that. I hope to reach them over the next couple of weeks - before the next Encuentro, to hopefully start to ease that... we shall see...
grace & peace
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