October 10, 2017

Greetings My Friend,

It has been a couple of months now since we have started going back to Wednesday night prayer meetings. I have been doing fairly well with the added activity, I am learning more about praying and I am grateful for hanging out with fairly much the same crowd we hang out with on Sunday night Bible study. We joke around before and after the service starts but during the prayer meeting we are serious as we go over the list of names that have been submitted. Some of these names have been on the list for years now due to being home bound or in assisted living places. I don't know most of these names although my time of 8 years there are names I do know. Peggy has been in the hospital and in rehab for several months now, I long to see her pop into each of the Sunday school classes with sheets of paper she has copied something for the classes to read. I miss her at Bible study and the prayer meetings and my heart asks silently if she will ever return. Junior and I went to see her the other day after she had done her work in rehab, she was in the middle of a breathing treatment due to her having pneumonia. Peggy was wore out, she barely recognized me and she did not recognize Junior, probably because he has a beard now and she had not ever seen him with one. I think back to the church I belonged to from a child through to my 40's until my divorce. The circle I belonged to sponsored a shut in lady who was an upbeat woman, she needed a walker so she got a Harley bandanna tied it to her walker, found a Harley bag so she could put things in it while she walked around her apartment. This woman comes to mind now that I use a walker, instead of Harley things I found a butterfly bag, seat cover and cushion cover for the back support when I sit on the walker. Irene and Grandma come to mind as well, neither liked being older and bound at home since neither of them drove. I am facing this obstacle also, we learn from those who have gone on before us, I have decided to be as active as I am able within the church. My desire is to stay focused on Jesus and to socialize, do the work of the church that which I am able. Sunday school and Bible study deepen my walk with Jesus, the service opens my heart to God and His goodness. As I write Junior is getting ready to go out of town for a few days, to meet up with some of the people who lived near him when he was a child. Because I fellowship with other believers I will call and see if someone will take me to church on Sunday. I don't know if I will see if one my girl friends are available because I have a sinus infection which has me moving barely at all. If I perk up I will see, if I go out with them, great if not I am comfortable to spend a few days around the house. The quiet will give me time to say a few extra prayers for people on Facebook, the prayer concerns of those who are on our "One call" prayer chain and of course for Junior's safety and the gathering of friends. I am sure Daisy and I will walk around the property, not down the road since Lovey, Cinnamon and Val sneak out to go with me. My church family and my private walk with Jesus are what sustains me. I am grateful that Junior is a godly man and there is no problem being a follower of Jesus. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet