Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Optimistic Weekend Update
I want to thank all of you for your kind remarks concerning our weekend. We survived! The Garage Sale was a success for our Youth Group raising over $3,000. I’m looking forward to “tabling” the next one until Spring seeing as I had the privileged of moving virtually every table in our building to accommodate all the junk, I mean merchandise that people had donated for our sale.
In the process we also witnessed a motorcycle accident. The front of our church faces U.S. 1. As several of us were standing outside working the Garage Sale, an Expedition pulling a boat ran a red light. This caused a small white car to hit her brakes which resulted in a guy on a motorcycle laying his bike down and rolling about 100 feet. By the time we were able to cross the north and then the south bound lanes of U.S.1; he had gotten up and walked off the road! Praise God he was wearing a helmet, long pants, and a long sleeve shirt. His roll had resulted in a broken finger and some deep cuts on both his hand.
His roll also resulted in some interesting witnesses in the guise of 5 members of the Warlocks motorcycle gang. They had been sitting at the light and witnessed the entire event. To say that they were hot would be an understatement. They first surrounded the driver who ran the red light to let him know what they thought of his failure to yield due caution. Then they proceeded to surround the Officer that showed up on the scene to give them their eye-witness account.
My contribution to the scene to was to bring the victim a bottle of water and sit with him until the EMS folks arrived on the scene. His biggest worry seemed to be about his cuts. He told me he was diabetic. Here’s the ironic thing, as all of this was taking place people kept pulling into our parking lot to check out the junk I mean our merchandise.
I’ll end this weekend update with a statement about “optimism.” One of our members announced that his 101 year old Grand Father had under gone knee replacement surgery on this right knee. His game plan was to wait unto he turned 102 to get the other knee done!
Have a good day family.
In the process we also witnessed a motorcycle accident. The front of our church faces U.S. 1. As several of us were standing outside working the Garage Sale, an Expedition pulling a boat ran a red light. This caused a small white car to hit her brakes which resulted in a guy on a motorcycle laying his bike down and rolling about 100 feet. By the time we were able to cross the north and then the south bound lanes of U.S.1; he had gotten up and walked off the road! Praise God he was wearing a helmet, long pants, and a long sleeve shirt. His roll had resulted in a broken finger and some deep cuts on both his hand.
His roll also resulted in some interesting witnesses in the guise of 5 members of the Warlocks motorcycle gang. They had been sitting at the light and witnessed the entire event. To say that they were hot would be an understatement. They first surrounded the driver who ran the red light to let him know what they thought of his failure to yield due caution. Then they proceeded to surround the Officer that showed up on the scene to give them their eye-witness account.
My contribution to the scene to was to bring the victim a bottle of water and sit with him until the EMS folks arrived on the scene. His biggest worry seemed to be about his cuts. He told me he was diabetic. Here’s the ironic thing, as all of this was taking place people kept pulling into our parking lot to check out the junk I mean our merchandise.
I’ll end this weekend update with a statement about “optimism.” One of our members announced that his 101 year old Grand Father had under gone knee replacement surgery on this right knee. His game plan was to wait unto he turned 102 to get the other knee done!
Have a good day family.
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Cuts can be wicked for a diabetic. Hope he's okay and glad it wasn't any worse. I'm not surprised the bikers surrounded the incident; they seem to certainly be a family unto themselves. I recently witnessed what appeared to be a funeral procession on the I-40 loop around Memphis. There were about 4 lead bikes with an SUV behind them. Didn't really look like a hearse, but as I said, it resembled a funeral procession. Anyway, there were probably five miles of bikers behind it. Quite a sight!
Glad you survived the weekend and the sale was a success.
Glad you survived the weekend and the sale was a success.
The most frightening part of that would have been the driver being surrounded by a motorcycle gang! Remember when we wanted a yard sale for a fund raiser at the Rock and were denied because it would look too much like some denominational group?
A knee replacement at 101? Isn't that sort of like painting the back of a house that's burning down from the front? The other knee at 102? That's like planning to paint the front of the same house!
# posted by 
: 7:48 AM
: 7:48 AM
I'm glad you helped the motorcycle rider out, Cecil. I know from being a diabetic how bad things like cuts can be, so I sure hope the guy is okay. I pray that he will be.
Sounds like you had an exciting day, all in all. How much money did you raise? Just wondering.
Cheers! & Blessings to you all today! Dee
Sounds like you had an exciting day, all in all. How much money did you raise? Just wondering.
Cheers! & Blessings to you all today! Dee
# posted by : 2:11 PM
: 2:11 PM
Judy - Thanks.
Math Bro - Agreed.
Greg - Yes I do and how silly was that.
Ben - You've got that right.
Dee - We made a little over $3,000 for our Youth Fund. Garage sales are the way to go.
Math Bro - Agreed.
Greg - Yes I do and how silly was that.
Ben - You've got that right.
Dee - We made a little over $3,000 for our Youth Fund. Garage sales are the way to go.
Glad you guys sold a lot of the junk and that you were a help to the guy on the motorcycle. They are a lot of fun, but so dangerous, aren't they?
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