Good thing I'm flexible.
The plan was to fix breakfast tonight- pancakes, sausage and cheese grits.
I got to the church about 4 to check on sausage and saw 7 pans of food in our fridge that weren't there yesterday. 2 pans of chicken, 2 pans of potatoes and carrots(or as I call it "going one for two") 1 pan of corned beef, 1 pan of cabbage(gag gag gag gag hack!) and a pan of sweet potatoes. Well, that was enough for the 1st stop!
John Liverman had Rotary Club today and it was catered by MOI. He hung around to see what was left and he got it and dropped it off. How great is that?! Corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's Day!
Then, after I went and picked up the truck, hit Sam's, and came back downtown, Donna Livingstone caught me in the parking lot. Her Beta Club at Hanover had organized a "Peanut Butter and Jelly-a-thon" to benefit some agencies and had some sandwiches left over if we wanted them. How many? 200!
Oh heck yeah! We bagged 'em 3 to a lunch bag and passed them out to folks as they left. That's always a nice feeling, because you know you've given them something for tomorrow, too.
Check it out:
PEYSON SHANE HAMPTON AUSTIN NELLIE ALEXIS ELLEN JOHN J.BOGGS RYAN LAURA BRIEN TERESA ZACH CAMERON DON VIGUS KINSEY VIGUS BRYCE VIGUS MITCH ALLEN BLAKE ALEXANDRA TWIG CREEEEECH! and me.
That's 26 people getting the jobs done tonight. And I might've missed somebody!
Pruden, Craig, Kelly, Anna, Christian, Dallas, Cameron - all regulars who were out for various reasons tonight.
That's one of the cool things about Tuesday night. I usually only have a vague idea who'll be there. You never who'll walk through the door.
Let me tell you who I am always glad to see walk through the door. Brien Campbell, Teresa Bland, and Anna Tolar. Why? Tons of reasons, not the least of which is they wash dishes and clean the kitchen like champs. Like Heavyweight Champs. Like Undisputed, Undefeated, never knocked down Heavyweight Champs.
I praise them all the time and you would too if you were me, because they make my life so much easier on Tuesday night with their servant hearts and attitudes. I've taught a lot of kids to make sweet tea, but I ain't never taught one to want to wash dishes.
Most nights when we're ready to go upstairs and get ready to serve, they're still in the kitchen cleaning pots, wiping tables and sweeping floors. This means when we finish up and come back, we don't have to do those things. Amen and Hallelujah.
Others pitch in and wash, too. Heck, catch me on a good night and i might even rinse out a pitcher or two, but week in and week out they step back, let others do the fun stuff and clean up after the rest of us. Most guys can't find one woman like that and I've got three! Hah!
Ellen Liverman is the absolute all-time best at inviting people to come with her on Tuesday nights. Nobody else is even close. I know she has invited at least 10 different friends to come over the last year and a half. And it's a rare night when she doesn't bring at least one of them. Tonight she had two! Nellie and Alexis came with her.
I always tell kids that inviting a friend to anything that exposes their friend to Jesus and his ministry is one of the best and most effective things they can do and that it pleases God immensely. More adults need to realize that, too.
Don Vigus came out tonight with his niece Kinsey and his nephew Bryce. They're on break from school back in Memphis and so they here for the week with Uncle Donald and Aunt Connie. I kept getting Bryce to his "Uncle Donald" impersonation. "WHOA-OOOOH! BUSTED! WHOA-OOH!
Some of the grits on the stove splattered on my hand tonight when I was stirring them. Don't really recommend that to anyone. Burnt like crap.
NCAA championship Monday is coming up. You know what that means.
Party at the church with the Mercy House guys!
And maybe, just maybe,...another stab at a TURDUCKEN!
We'll see. The current score is TURDUCKEN -1 GARY-0
It looks like next week we might cook some of the turkeys we have in the freezer. But that's just the plan now.......
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Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
ReplyDeletePraying for y'all brother!
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Allen
Hey Gary and all, wanted to give a quick shout out here. I am in Florida now and all set up down here. I should start work in the next couple weeks. I was lying on the beach last week (I had a rough week last week, being on the beach all week that is) but one day I heard someone kind of preaching on the beach. I sat up and took a look around and realized that there was a dude preaching hell, fire, and brimstone through a portable speaker that he had set up on the beach. There were also three dudes standing around him (I guess to act as body guards in case anyone tried chasing him off the beach). The worst thing was that the louder they turned the speaker up the more condemning the message became. It made me think of what yall do every Tuesday night and how that is a much more effective form of ministry than shouting at people while they are just going about their business.
ReplyDeleteI had a great time hanging out with everyone over the last couple months on Tuesday nights. There were some other things that I did to keep myself busy while in Wilmington but I always looked forward to Tuesday nights the most. It was nice to hang out with good people, serve others, and have a great time doing it. I really enjoyed the time that I spent with you. If I am back in town and have a free Tuesday I will stop by. Miss you all.
Thomas Varno