Wow! Church was really really really powerful! The song service was super! Of course we went with the expectation of hearing Val sing Arise My Love. What we didn't know or expect was to hear Kelly (Curtis) Miller (I asked who she was) sing Redeemer. Tremendous! Absolutely excellent. You would think you were listening to ZOE.

Class was very good. We had twenty-three in our class. I guess everyone knew I was making breakfast casserole and Krl was bringing a fruit tray! (Just kidding). This was Kurt's last Sunday to lead the class as Terry will take over next week. Kurt was putting the final touches on 1st John. The class had scheduled a pot luck dinner at Ed and Jody's house for today but Krl and I had other plans.

Trc and her family met us for the early service. Ellen and Kat stayed to attend class and then ride home with us. We went home, put on some comfy clothes and went to Trc and Brently's for the egg hunt and a cook out! Brently has been working on an outdoor kitchen and he has a new gas grill. Pretty impressive! Big, stainless steel, uses heat to cook. We did steaks, a little Earl Campbell sausage and several skewers of shrimp! Trc did the inside part and it all came together and was deeelicious!

Part of my Saturday was doing some work on the lawn mower. Krl had been mowing earlier in the week and it just quit! I had not done the pre-season service yet so I made a trip to pick up the necessary supplies. Prior to leaving I plugged in the battery charger in to put a slow total charge on the small gel battery. This is three years on the battery so I am expecting it to give up the ghost anytime. I went to Lowe's and they didn't have everything I needed, so I put what they did have back on the shelf and hopped in my truck and went to Sears (the mower after all is a Craftsman). Sure enough everything I needed was on the shelves so I loaded up and was quickly on my way. One more quick stop at Home Depot (I hate that store) and I was headed to the house! I did the maintenance and fired the mower up and it ran like a champ! I swept the garage, put away my tools and headed to the next activity. Krl and I completed our day with a few errands, the grocery store and then we returned home to prepare things for Sunday school. A former employee and her son came by late in the evening for a brief visit. They had been to visit a sick relative in the hospital.

FATHER, thank YOU for days like today when we are totally in awe of YOU. Help us to work toward every day being one of these days. FATHER, I pray for Hag, for B., for Lillie, for Carol, for Michelle, for Aimee, for Jennifer, for Ashlyn Kate, for Tj, for Anna, and for Jess. I ask YOUR healing for them all. I ask for YOUR comfort for those hurting from loss. I pray for those of us with spiritual issues and ask that YOU lead us where YOU intend. I pray for our spiritual family and our leaders. Up from the grave HE arose! Triumphant. Victorious.