Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Missionary Work gone MIA

We invited an investigator family for dinner tonight. They were supposed to come to church but didn't show. So Frank and I decided to drop by Sunday afternoon after church. They had been working in their yard all day so it was obvious why they weren't there. I took Frank over to meet them since I had already met them.
Today I felt strongly that they would not come so I paid two visits, one to knock and ring the doorbell and the other with a taped message that said, "Are we still on for dinner at 6 o'clock, call me. Well, basically a really short story is they didn't call and didn't come so we fed the missionaries a simple turkey, brocolli, dressing caserole. We were all somewhat discouraged, but the missionaries got a double bonus by taking home the extra food and a gallon of milk.
Frank and I settled down to watch "Pappillion," with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. It is a very old movie which both of us couldn't remember it had been so many years. Great movie. I would recommend checking it out from the local library. Superb acting and great script, not so much like you see in todays mindless drivel. As were were about 1/2 hr. into it a fellow called to ask if Frank could help administer to his wife before her surgery on Thurs. So we spent almost an hour there. Frank gave a beautiful blessing promising that she would be calm and she would heal quickly. We came back and watched the rest of "Pappillion" until 11 pm. (Our usual bedtime is 9:30 pm.)
It rained this morning but cleared up this afternoon to just overcast.
Tah tah for now.

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