FAMILY AND CRAZY ACTS OF KINDNESS

Pastor Herb & Sandy

As many of you might know, we are in San Antonio with our family. This is the first time we have had everybody together for 7 years. Lee Anne, her husband Gene, and their two boys, Shane (15), Shepherd (6), Amy, her husband Don, and their daughter Taylor (13) and son Evan (12) live in San Antonio. Sandy’s passport fiasco enabled us to use the airfare to fly Heath, Misti and their son Hagin (10) and their daughter Mia (1 ½) to join us here for the first week in January. Yes, we are having a blast; going to River Walk, seeing the Alamo, riding motorcycles, eating like there is no tomorrow, and watching Bowl games on Don’s 60 inch, yes 60 inch TV.

Here is the crazy acts. Driving to San Antonio from Plymouth is 22-24 hours of hard driving pulling two bikes and driving two vehicles. We wanted to deliver a truck to our friend Howard Hickman so Sandy drove the pickup and I drove the van with the bikes. OUR GIRLS, thought that was to much for us to drive. Lee Anne had air miles that were to expire by January 9 so they decide to fly and intercept us half way in Little Rock, Arkansas. We chose a hotel by the airport to meet Monday night. We settled in about 5 PM. They got in about 8. Everybody slept like babies and wow we were of at 8 in the morning. I rode, not drove, in the van. Amy drove with Sandy in Howard’s awesome truck.

When I felt sleepy, instead of fighting it, I said, ” Good night Lee Anne” and took a nap. WOW. Two crazy daughters, two free airline tickets and being chauffeured 12 hours to your vacation destiny.

Thank you girls. Thank you God for keeping our family together for these 44 years.

Pastor Herb from the sunny south where it is going to be in the 80’s today.

Thanksgiving and Long Lasting Friendships

Wow, all the turkey and all the relatives.  The thought went through my mind that Thanksgiving Holiday is a great time for relatives to come together and enjoy each other.  This Sunday, which follows the holiday, we had a carry in luncheon.  Again it was with my family (church family) and i enjoyed the fellowship and it was down right fun.

I would like to start another holiday called Thanksgiving II Holiday.  Here I would invite friends that have impacted my life with such close friendship through the years.  I would iInvite some college fraternity brothers and their wives,  two old business partners,  old friends from our years in Tulsa, every international Pastor that we have ever fellowshiped with, and some teachers and professors that impacted my life.

I guess I would not call it Thanksgiving II Holiday but rather “I owe my life to you”.  Truly this would be one big party.  It needs to last at least a week.  Then with this support, I would go another week by inviting every person that was a friend and somehow offences came between us. 

AFTER WEEK TWO I THINK I WOULD BE READY FOR THE RAPTURE.