Monday, March 13, 2006
Life in a Group
Our weekend didn’t start out too well. Steven was surprisingly told to play with the J.V. Friday. He wasn’t too happy but he was intent on making the best of the situation. He gave me a nice hug when I brought him a burger from B.K. before the game. Of course most teenage boys will hug you if you offer them food. He was leading off and starting at 2b. He ran out an infield hit on his first at bat. The next batter bunted and Steven tried to leg it out to third were he was summarily thrown out. To compound things he didn’t slide and it really ticked off the coach. He pulled him from the game. Steven was reinserted in the last inning and popped up to third. He was a down teen that night.
The next day was kind of fun as they played a 100-inning game to raise some money. Each half of the inning was counted as a full inning so it was really a 50 inning game. The coaches played and players could play were ever they wanted. A pitching machine was used to throw pitches. I managed to get in a jog of a couple of miles and still watch 40 innings!
That was fun and relaxing but I couldn’t wait to get to church Sunday. Thank goodness for our church familes. They remind us of what is really important in this life. We had a rep from Eastern European Missions speak to our combined Sunday School. The stories he told us of how teachers and educators in Russia are begging for the Bible to be taught in their schools to help replace the lost morals of their society was heart warming. I wanted to jump a plane to Moscow or Siberia to join in the effort.
We also had our first life group meetings yesterday. It was encouraging to actually sit face to face with a group of folks and discuss spiritual matters. We prayed for each other and it was nice to hear some of the women in our group pray. They bring a perspective to prayer that we miss for the most part in our assembly in Cocoa. I look forward to growing closer to the members in our group just as I have grown closer to all of you.
Have a good week fellow bloggers. Don’t have too much fun this week Greg and Randy.
The next day was kind of fun as they played a 100-inning game to raise some money. Each half of the inning was counted as a full inning so it was really a 50 inning game. The coaches played and players could play were ever they wanted. A pitching machine was used to throw pitches. I managed to get in a jog of a couple of miles and still watch 40 innings!
That was fun and relaxing but I couldn’t wait to get to church Sunday. Thank goodness for our church familes. They remind us of what is really important in this life. We had a rep from Eastern European Missions speak to our combined Sunday School. The stories he told us of how teachers and educators in Russia are begging for the Bible to be taught in their schools to help replace the lost morals of their society was heart warming. I wanted to jump a plane to Moscow or Siberia to join in the effort.
We also had our first life group meetings yesterday. It was encouraging to actually sit face to face with a group of folks and discuss spiritual matters. We prayed for each other and it was nice to hear some of the women in our group pray. They bring a perspective to prayer that we miss for the most part in our assembly in Cocoa. I look forward to growing closer to the members in our group just as I have grown closer to all of you.
Have a good week fellow bloggers. Don’t have too much fun this week Greg and Randy.
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I've met several of the folks from EEM. It sounds like a smart move for them to leave Vienna and go to Russia. There is lots of work to do in many places. I have friends in Cambodia begging for folks to come and help them.
But if I went to Siberia I could hunt for Mammoth Tusks or carcasses to extract some DNA and attempt to clone a Mammoth. I could then become a Discovery Channel Special.
Cecil, Judy (meomix) called the house last night to tell me that her brother passed away yesterday (Monday). She was pretty overwhelmed and I offered to pass along the word to you and the rest of the bloggers.
Randy - In beautiful Cocoa our Praise Band would most likely be a "Bluegrass Praise Band." Is that scriptual?
John - Thanks for the heads up about Judy. We'll certainly lift her up in prayer.
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John - Thanks for the heads up about Judy. We'll certainly lift her up in prayer.
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