Today marks the end of the my eighth week on the road.  I feel as if I have just left home.  If plans go according to speculation I shall be  home in just another short 8 weeks.  Is it just me, or does life happen too fast?

Started out at the gym by 6:00 a.m. then back “home” to shower and change for a lady’s spring brunch at Jeanette’s church.  This was the Bay Area Four Square Church in Danville California.  It is the same church that our family attended when we lived in the Bay Area almost 30 years ago.  We personally never attended services at the new building.  At the time we worshiped in an old theater.  Right after we moved away the congregation moved into the new campus.  It was good to see it again.  We watched it be built.

At the brunch Jeanette and I sat with two other ladies at our table.  A young woman named Marnie gave me this word of wisdom:  “Be more specific with your prayers and when God brings it to pass and it doesn’t look exactly like you thought it would, trust Him.”  Wouldn’t you just love to know the rest of the story?

Well, I also talked to the pastors wife, Cindy Fry.  Here are her word of wisdom: “Draw away from the crowd.  Draw near to the Lord.  It is intimacy with the Lord that strengthens you and sustains you.  That is where you find your rest.” 

Sue from last week’s travels met us after the brunch at Jeanette’s house.  We all made a nice lunch and had a great time.  I met Sue while attending college.  She has a brother named Jack that made us a threesome.  He is the kind of guy that everyone loves.  Twenty five years ago Jack was diagnosed with ALS.  Because he outlived most ALS patients his illness was diagnosed and re-diagnosed and pondered and studied.  Some doctors call his illness PLS, others disagree.  PLS is essentially the same as ALS but with a longer life span.  Well Jack has definitely outlived most patients.  He is paralyzed and his limbs do not work.  He is still able to eat a few things and swallow.  He loves the Lord and has an attitude that is puzzling, not only to the doctors but to those around him.  Jeanette, Sue, and I drove over to see him this afternoon.  What a delightful time to be in his presence.  He was even able to talk a bit, though haltingly, and with great pauses.  There is absolutely nothing cloudy or foggy about his mind.  He kept bringing up memories the rest of us had already forgotten years ago.  It was interesting being with him because even in his debilitated physical state he was still trying to boss me around WHILE I WAS TAKING THE PICTURES!  He was instructing everyone where He wanted them to stand for the photo session.  I guess I lost control of that photo session.  I did what he said.  I may never see Jack again in this world but old memories have been revived and not only did I get to talk to him he was able today to talk to me.  Sue said he is often not capable of speech.  I felt another blessing added on top of my basket.  God is so good.  Someday Jack will dance before the Lord!

Good memories, good friends, good food, good talk and now Sue is gone.  The house is quiet and my stomach is full.

Not a lot of action today.  I still have a lot of stories to tell about those first few weeks when I did not have WiFi and got behind on my blogging.  They will have to wait until I am not so sleepy.  There is a difference of being tired and being sleepy.  Tonight I am sleepy.  I’ve been up since 4:30 a.m. and it is now 11:11 p.m.

Good night!