For a Good Cause

Saturday was the annual church Golf Outing to benefit the senior high youth summer mission trip. Unfortunately for Ken and me, Saturday was a perfectly awful day for golf. We played a best-ball scramble with the shotgun start beginning at 8 a.m. We maybe had a couple of hours of pleasant weather, in which the sun shone and the wind didn't drift every high shot off-course. Most of the time it was either lightly drizzling or outright pouring Our foursome actually made it through 15 holes before decided this wasn't fun any more and packing it into the clubhouse.

So far I have been playing well on the golf league. I shot a 59 (nine holes) the first week and 56 the second week. We'll see how I do tonight. I was hitting some pretty good shots on Saturday, and we even used a couple of my drives as the best ball.

Amy is now home for the summer, looking for a job and/or an internship in Public Relations. I guess that is my Mother's Day present. And while it is great having her home, it is an adjustment after at least two years of having her home for only occasional visits.

We are also giving her friend Alyssa a place to stay for a couple of months. Alyssa and Amy have been like sisters since they were in 5th grade. Alyssa lost her mom when she was about 5, and then her dad died of a sudden heart attack when she was in 8th grade. So she was staying with family until after high school. Most recently, she was living up in Midland. But she is back in Royal Oak, looking to get her license in cosmetology and find real work.

So, we really have a houseful for the summer -- four people and two cats. Lord have mercy.

I've cleaned up the garden for the most part and gotten it ready to plant. Yesterday, I planted seeds for lettuce, green onions and radishes. Still a bit too early for the more tender plants, as I saw a frost warning for tonight in the paper. We're planting more things to eat than flowers this year. What about you?  Has the recession had an effect on your gardening plans?

I am disappointed with the response to our free financial workshop/Bible study at church, which starts next Sunday. We've had 8 people sign up. I am praying that more people show up on Sunday than have registered. Really, I know people who need this and can't imagine why they haven't signed up. Update: Although we had only a few people pre-register for the workshop, on Sunday morning 35 people showed up for the class!! Maybe a few more will join as the participants talk about it with their friends.

Comments

[James]

We're offering our financial workshop Bible study during the Sunday Bible study hour and it's pretty well attended. One thing we found to really energize stewardship at Our Shepherd was tapping into Thrivent. They've got tons of good material and programs ready to go. We're fortunate to have a couple of reps in the congregation (one of them on council) so we've really been able to leverage what Thrivent does for us.