Minutes to Memories

After Bible classes this morning, we enjoyed a tasty church fellowship meal to honor the ladies of the "bear ministry." For over ten years now, these ladies have come together every Thursday evening to make cute little teddy bears that are given to children in our local hospital. In particular, the meal was to commemorate their 10,000th bear! Dana, a nurse at the Ocean Springs Hospital, came to tell everyone how much the bears mean to the children.

This morning, I sort of got to take a break! Travis, one of our top hurricane relief friends, asked for the opportunity to preach this morning, and I happily agreed to give him the experience. He did an absolutely great job. Travis is an amazing young man. In addition to being a talented young preacher who is majoring in Bible at Freed-Hardeman University, this guy, in his early 20s, is talented in every single phase of the house-building process (he has hung sheetrock, floated it, done trim work, and roofed houses for our relief efforts). He is also a firefighter. And, I found out yesterday, he can absolutely crush a golf ball! Travis is one of those people that I can think of that makes Hurricane Katrina a positive experience for me.

I'm watching the Cardinals play the Astros on ESPN right now in the final game of their four game series. This, of course, is a very bad way to end an overall good day.
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