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Janet....ah yes FaceBook, not sure why that never clicked, guess my mind went blank or had a senior moment...  
I have never become a member of that...

Janet I so detest driving on the freeway anymore, Living in a rural community like North bend and Coos bay i can get any place within the two towns in 5-10 minutes at the most. I wouldn't mind driving and hour or two to get to where we needed to go. Driving up or down thwe coast fpor 4 or 5 hours is a piece of cake for me, it is just the freeway traffic that I don't like. We always spend the night so I don't have to drive home another 4-5 hours in the same day.However I have driven 10 hours straight before toostopping only to eat and go potty.

The murder trial has begun of the stepfather who murdered the two year old little boy who lived in a small and quiet village very close to where we are....
Larry, you will remember this story I posted last year on S& F....The boyfriend of the little boys mother is telling that the mother did it....So sad as on occasion we have driven past the house which is a group of three next door to a small church, ( you can see the church with its blue placard sign, ) which must have been terrible for the church and parishioners that this happened under their noses, and that even they nor the church could not save him...Hope whichever one did it, the truth will come out, and that person will duly be punished....Link to story last year, and the now trial, this doesn't make for pleasant reading, but then, do they ever?....

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2016-06-07/tragic-toddler-died-from-a-blow-to-his-tummy/


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-39884188

Hi, friends,

I'm excited tonight to learn that Jacqueline and I have a slight bond - one of my sons lived in England for 28 years, and one of the places he  lived was in Watford. I've been there before.

I've learned that my son who lives in Atlanta is to meet me for breakfast tomorrow morning before driving back home to be with his wife and mother in law. I certainly appreciate that.

May God's love be with us all today.

Love to all, Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann...
...you dont realise how much my eyes lit up when I saw the word Watford...Watford was, or is, still my hometown where myself and my family, ( my fathers side ) all came from, that is the place where my heart still very much is, I lived there until my early 50s...now I am living 130 plus miles away..I am inquisitive to learn where in Watford your son lived and what part in Watford you had visited, I am assuming the same part your son lived...It was only yesterday I was thinking of Cassiobury Park, the miniature railway, the bridge, canal with its barges, all the wonderful memories of my mother taking me there as a child, then myself taking my young daughter, not forgetting the dog walk with my late dear Petra, that place has good memories for me...

Ruth Ann...
...here is a link to the old gates that were once the entrance to Cassiobury park, think when they were demolished it caused an uproar, but this is the Cassiobury Park that I remember, the entrance I best remember walking into....link....


http://cassioburypark.info/history-of-cassiobury-park/cassiobury-park-gates/

I am leaving this minute for Church, this morning will incorporate Holy Communion so I tens to stay a few minutes longer, then follow up with a cup of tea or coffee, and maybe the odd chat, depending on who else stays, or leaves...Wishing everyone a Christian Sunday morning....

Larry Hanna...
...you asked me what version of the bible I will be taking my reading from....Well I was given a choice of three Sundays so  laughingly I chose the first Sunday choice  of 4th June..and told her this will be my first church reading so I would rather get it over with with the earlier choice, unknown to me that when they gave out the future notices they mentioned the Bishop to attend on one of our meetings, I didn't catch the date...well, she will be attending on my reading day, so with panic settling in, I am sure our church will be packed out, and on looking at my reading, where I summoned help in some pronunciations, much to our amusements, I was casually told that my reading is the second hardest reading so, not only do I have to deal with the correct pronunciation of words but, I may be reading to a full house...
Well as I have previously mentioned, we do have a sense of humour...I was given the option of going with a later date but, I said I shall stay with this one as I am a confident reader and, if I can get through this reading, everything else will be a doddle...The Vicar and wife gave me a little help in the pronunciations, put his arm around me, well as I said we can all see the funny side as they gently reminded me that others who have read it have also struggled with the words...Oh and I was allowed to bring home our bible so as to practice, and practice I shall certainly be doing...
The piece I am to read is from Holy Bible ( New International Version ) ACTS... chapter 2... verses 1-21...
Amongst the  few words I need to master are...
Galileans - Parthians - Medes - Elamites -  Mesopotamia -Judea - Cappadocia - Pontus - Phrygia - Pamphylia - Cyrene...they are basically all one sentence...
The words I may particularly struggle with on the day are Mesopotamia and Cappadocia but, if I remember it is pronounced as an S rather than a C, I should be ok....
Oh almost forgot...there is a funny part I also will have to read, quoting: " Some however made fun of them and said, They have had too much to drink..." and " These men are not drunk, its only nine in the morning..."  I just hope I can say them without laughing..

Happy Mother's Day!  We attended a service last night and Don could understand the speakers so that was a happy time.  Today, I will see 3 of the 4 children and one granddaughter - we will meet all for lunch at one son's house.  I could almost call it a farm with all the animals.  Chickens, ducks and 3 dogs.  Something is always moving. 

The weather is perfect now with cool nights and mornings.  Did anyone see the beautiful orange colored moon last night? 

Janet:  Don't put me on a pedestal, I can be grumpy    As for taking in company, my folks would invite people to stay and we had a wonderful missionary stay with us for 9 months when I was young.  Would never forget his peaceful demeanor.  He was saving to go to Venezuela way inland. 

 

Happy Mothers Day to all you who are mothers!  I received a card, gift and flowers to plant from eldest daughter Diane, and a card from youngest daughter Kerri (that was a treat, as she doesn't always do that.)  Beth was always faithful to remember me, and I'm sure she is today, but being unable to do anything, even communicate clearly, it's really hard for her.  John is better, so they were at church this morning.  And Darrel took me out to lunch, so it's been a lovely morning.  The tea at the care home is at 3:00.

Jackie, those gates (or that gate) was beautiful.  Too bad they were demolished.  I hate to see beautiful old things destroyed.    Good luck with your reading; I'm sure you will do a fine job.

Carol, you are truly blessed today!  I'm looking forward to seeing granddaughter Abby soon; but she reports for her summer job in the morning!  So not sure when I'll be seeing her.

Larry, how is your and Pat's day going?  I hope all is well with you.

Ruth Ann, glad you had a Mothers Day breakfast with your son!  Sweet.

I am very sleepy, as I didn't sleep well last night, so I think I will go attempt to take a nap before tea time.  See you all soon.   

I would be so happy to hear from any of my children or grandchildren. The day isn't over yet so  someone may call. I have been talking with Gilbert every day to make sure he is OK but I haven't heard from him for 2 and a half days and I am getting worried. There is so much turmoil in his life at this time and Sarah has threatened him with bodily harm so many times sice she decided to get a divorce and still live in the smae house. He is so stressed out most of the time and so is Forest.

Marilyn...
...I was so wanting to wish my American Christian friends a belated Mothers day but on reading your post seems to be a tad similar to mine, re, my now estranged daughter...but unlike my American friends our Mothering Sunday this year came on 26th March, four days after my Birthday...For all who did meet with their children, grands, I hope your day went well, and to plan....
Marilyn, I hope before your day ended you did hear from them, and decided to pay you a visit, if not all, maybe some...as these special days I know, can be a very lonely time...

Janet...
...they got rid of those magnificent gates and castle featured brickwork, all in the name of progress...It was to widen, and change the layout of the road, and move the roundabout if I remember...now it is just a wide opening somewhere to the front, not to the side, as it once was...I wonder if the three paddling pools are still there? that's where my mother would take me, far at the other end, near to the miniature train and the canal bridge...Link to railway...children and adults... 


http://www.miniaturerailwayworld.co.uk/Watford.html

 

I did talk to Gilbert yesterday and he is fine.  Just staying at home and taking it easy.

I  hurt my back this morning, pruning the Rhododendrons and carrying the trimmings to the street for pickup.

Hi everyone.  We are headed for a very hot 95 degrees this afternoon.  Fortunately Pat appointment with the pain doctor is this morning before it gets so hot.  Nothing else on the schedule for today.  Pat did enjoy her Circle luncheon yesterday. 

When I came here to read and post yesterday the site was down and I never got back.  So I am a bit behind.

Marilyn, so sorry that Gilbert is having such problems.  That sounds like a really bad situation. Glad to see he did call you and reassure you he was fine.  I hope you didn't do too much damage to your back.

Janet, it sounds like your Mother's Day was enjoyable and packed with activity. 

Carol, that must have been a real treat for Don to be able to understand the speakers at the Church service.  It sounds like you have a very nice Mother's Day.

Jackie, it is very sad when our family has problems but there are probably few families without some type of troubles.  We often have to make our own happiness and not expect someone else to do so since that gives them control over us. I am sure your Bible reading will be fine and the Bishop is just a person like all of the others in attendance.  None of us are perfect and not expected to be.  When you get through that one sentence with all of those places mentioned you will have it made.  Perhaps it would be helpful to listen to this passage being read.   Here is a great Bible site https://www.biblegateway.com/ and if you click on the little speaker (the fifth little brown symbol) it will play the passages.  I hope this helps you with the pronunciation. I do remember the story of the little boy being murdered.  It seems these things happen too often. 

Ruth Ann, so glad you were able to have breakfast with your son on Mother's Day.  Is this your son that lives in Atlanta?

Marilyn, I'm so sorry about your back.  Is it something the chiropractor will be able to relieve?  You need to slow down, girl, and let other people help once in a while!   

Jackie, we'll all want to know how you do with the reading in church.  When I was still able to get to church one of my favorite activities was being the "reader" for the service.

Jeanne Lee...
...I have a couple more weeks to learn my lines...
I am a confident reader, and will enjoy reading but, however many times I read ( practice in my home,) those hard to pronounce words they tend to be said differently each time...Like Larry Hanna advises...I have already found....biblegateway.com...but my short term memory on how he pronounces Cappadocia seems to catch me out every time...is it Cappadoshia - Cappodochia, Cappodoshia, or Cappadosia.....Mesopotamia is the other word I still have to master, is it tamier or tarmier?....well whatever it is, I shall still most probably say the incorrect one on the day... 

Jackie, how many in the congregation do you suppose know the correct pronunciation of those words?  And remember, the person's native language will have an effect on the pronunciation, too.  I found out years ago that  a French speaking reader will pronounce a latin word/phrase differently that a person with an English native language.  So don't dwell too much on pronunciation and concentrate more on the meaning of the scripture.  Just say the word the way it looks to you.   

Jeanne Lee...
...thank you, that was what I thought, who would even know if I had pronounced a word wrong, only someone else who has had that reading before me, maybe....    oh and not forgetting the visiting Bishop...

Jeanne I will be seeing the chiropractor at 11 this morning, I've already called first thing.

Interesting that those in Turkey, where Cappadocia is located, pronounce it Cappadokia!  They use literal spelling and pronunciation of all words.  Once I got used to hearing it that way, I liked it better than the way I'd always heard it in church and pronounced it myself when reading the Scriptures  (Cappadoshia).  And a hint, Jackie, Mesopotamia has no "r" in it; it's just pronounced as spelled!    As Jeanne said, it won't matter in the least if you don't say a word the way someone else would, as that doesn't affect the meaning of the Scripture in the least.

What a day!  Darrel went back to Garden to get the holter monitor off.  I thought I'd have a little "extra" time (what is that??)  But then I had some phone calls after I got home from the gym, and they took all the time between getting my shower and having to leave for chiropractic appointment.
I had called my painting buddy to meet me for lunch at the Senior Center, but I had the chiro app't at 11:00, had to wait over an hour, so was almost late to lunch and Dee and I had barely any time to visit, as I had to be home for the housekeeper at 1:00.  And when I got here, Darrel had beaten me home!  Had I known he was here I wouldn't have had to rush around so.  Oh, well.....

I did have the echocardiogram yesterday.  Both of us have appointments tomorrow with the cardiologist, who is coming here, so won't have to make the drive to Garden for those.  It took the gal 45 minutes to do my test!  I was really surprised it took that long.

I want to watch the 700 Club which is starting in five minutes, so see you later!

Hi Everyone...

Not sleeping too well these nights so I thought I'd pop in and say "Hello"!

Good morning - good night Pat, I trust you have had, or are having, a better nights sleep...seems we have missed each other by 20 minutes...

Janet....guess at the end of the day, when it comes to the actual reading, we only have one chance to make it sound as it should, or mess it up...

Anyway, I am hoping this reading will be the first of many, just never attended a small community church like this before where I feel I can become a part of it....Again they are aware that my condition plays a big part as to whether or not I attend on any particular Sunday, just hope and pray my body is up to it on that day, if not I shall do the reading one way or another..even if the microphone has to come to me, " where there's a will, there's a way..." as my late father would often tell me...

Janet...all the best on your echocardiogram test result today..

Marilyn...I hope your chiropractor came up trumps, re, your back dislocation....

Hi everyone.  We have an overcast morning and it is suppose to be partly cloudy all day long.  The forecast is for it to get to 90 degrees this afternoon.  Our main activity this morning is to get Pat to her dental appointment over in Augusta.  They called yesterday and asked if she could come about 15 minutes sooner than scheduled so she will have to hurry around a little more than usual in the morning. 

At her pain doctor appointment yesterday he decided only to prescribe Gabafenion as she has been in much less pain the last three or four days.  She is to go back next week for x-rays on her neck area and then see the pain doctor in a month.  It was about noon when she got finished at the doctor's office and we decided to eat our main meal of the day out.  So we went to the next pizza place in downtown North Augusta.  It is called Your Pie.  When we went in there was a long line waiting and we knew Pat really couldn't stand in line that long so we decided to leave.  The owner saw us go out the door and before we got to the car he called to us to come on in and he would get take care of us and that he did.  In this place you pay one price for a 10 inch pizza, select the crust and sauce you want on it and the type of cheese and then what ever meat (s) you want and choose from many other items available.  He took our order away from the line and found us a place to sit.  It took quite awhile before we got our pizzas but we were in no hurry.  I didn't pay right after I gave my order as one would do in the line so after we had been served our pizza he came to the table to ask how we liked it (and it very good as was cooked in a fire oven) and at that time I said what do I owe you and he said nothing because he hadn't gotten our order in quickly enough.  I protested but not too hard and as we left I saw him again and offered to pay but he again refused.  So we had a free meal.  Between the coupon to have a free meal at the Chop House in the future and our pizza yesterday this was a real red letter week. Tonight will be our next to last dinner at the Church and then we expect Scott and Jennifer to come out for a little while.

Jeanne, I so agree with you and Janet that no one is going to think a thing about a name of a country in the Bible being pronounced in a different way.  Probably most of us have had the same experience and I have heard different ministers pronounce them differently. 

Jackie, glad to see you were aware of the Bible Gateway.  You will do fine with the reading and your willingness to do this would more than offset any little missed pronunciation.  The Bishop isn't there to judge you so just relax and enjoy the experience of doing something new and something that helps your Church. 

Marilyn, sure hope the chiropractor was able to give you some comfort. 

Janet, as I recall it does take between 30 and 45 minutes for the Echo Cardiogram.  Too bad you didn't have more time with your painting friend. I will be interested in the results you and Darrel receive today form the cardiologist.

Pat, as always it so good to see a posting from you.  Not being able to sleep much combined with serious pain is not a good combination.

With all this discussion about Jackie's reading of the Pentecost verses in Acts, I keep remembering how it's celebrated in my church - and I'm sure many others.  Those verses are read by members of our congregation in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Polish, German, Finnish, Norwegian and Latvian - all at the same time.   

But of course, what's important is not the reading of them, but that these verses are the history of how the Holy Spirit was given to the Apostles and eventually to us.  Praise God that He has given us the opportunity to learn about it. 

Pat, it's really good to see a post from you.  And as we all know, it doesn't matter what time it is when you come here - with our widespread membership it's always the "right time".   

Jeanne Lee...you are so right...we ARE open all hours...come day or come night..

...You have a real mix of a congregation...

Larry Hanna...you sure have a very helpful and accommodating " Your Pie " restaurant, owner-manager....

This has been a long 3 weeks for me.  My blood sugar is rollercoastering and I have trouble when it drops.  John id much better, the brace he needs to wear is very confining, however he is mostly out of pain.  No pain meds are needed at all. He doesn't sleep well as he needs to be somewhat alert when changing position,  To roll onto his side he needs to be like a log, whole body all at once. 

We are at last having spring like weather.  Much of Canada has been dealing with flooding, we are blessed as we are on a hill and the creek hasn't flooded this year.  The township has stayed on top of the road keeping it well graded and above the creek level.

Trilliums are out!  It is so beautiful to see the spring wild flowers growing, I really need to dust off my camera and  pictures!. having lost my license because of the blood sugar issues that will be a problem.

Before John went into hospital we managed to get the bathroom in upstairs thankfully Doug made himself available to get it done on time.  It is wonderful not to have to go downstairs to use the bathroom. 

God is good, he is keeping us and that is all that counts in the long run!

Judy, I'm so glad to see your post! 

Not glad, of course, to read that your blood sugar is acting up, but at least you give us a specific problem to pray for.  Not because the Lord needs to know, but because we do.  :-)

Good to know John's back is responding to treatment and that he has a helpful brace.  It must be hard, though, to have to be awake at night just to turn over.  Prayers continue for him, too.

I'm sure you'll find a way to get that camera out and working again.  We'll be happy to see your spring flowers - and then your summer flowers - and then the autumn colors - and we won't mention the next season after that!   

I'm here!    I have tried numerous times to get here, but, due to raging winds, our internet was down!    They had predicted tennis ball sized hail for us last night, but praise God, we didn't get that!  In fact, we got no hail at all, but not too far north of here, at Scott Lake,
they got it.  I hope it didn't ravage the church camp there, but likely there is big damage.  And around Great Bend and Pawnee Rock, they had tornadoes.  A lot more of the same is predicted for tonight.      It really seems to be the year for drastic weather!

Judy, so nice to see your post.  So sorry about your health problems, though.  I do hope you can get that blood pressure under control!  I will continue to pray about that.  And glad John is on the mend.  It's really rough when both partners are having difficulties at the same time.

Pat!  Always good to have you pop in for a minute, but wish you could have been sleeping soundly instead, at that hour.  Prayers continue.

Darrel and I both went to see the heart doctor today and, just as I prayed and fully expected, we both got good reports!   He said my echocardiogram was excellent, one of the best he's seen!
    He said they expect a heart in one my age to pump at 50%, and mine is pumping at 65%!!
What a blessing!  And my valves are perfect, he said!  So I can mark that off my list of concerns,
for sure!  He gave us both an appointment for 6 months from now, again here in town. 

Our TV in the bedroom hadn't been working for several months, so while the internet was down,
Darrel called Pioneer and they sent a guy out.  It was s strange problem, but he got it solved,
so that's nice.  Darrel had missed having that one working.

Larry, that was very kind of The Pie manager to take care of you, and then not charge you.  And you have a coupon for another free meal, so you are being blessed this week, too!  Yay!

I guess that's about all I have to say for now!

I didn't post because I want sympathy, I don't, however I really do covet your prayers.