I'm not sure what to say after a week like this. It's definitely more work to go home (GP) than it is to stay in Newport. Our week of memorials began last Sunday with the one here and ended Saturday with my brother-in-laws. But in between was a memorial for 3 little girls killed in a tragic fire during a sleep-over. Two of the girls were in our Kids Klub (one had graduated on to the middle school program after we left) when we were involved. It was an extremely sad situation. Their memorial was Friday. By the way, I wasn't involved in either of the the last two memorials. Joyce and I just attended.
While we were home we spent the better part of three days helping an elderly friend spend her money. Actually here is what happened: she is in an assisted living and is on medicaid which means she can only have so much money in her account. Well, she received a large back payment from the VA. This would kick her out of the program until the money was gone so we had permission from her case worker to "make it go away" before it triggered bureaucratic alarms. We helped her purchase a nice pre-burial plan, a new sewing machine, and some new furniture for her room. That took a lot of time but she is such a sweetheart that it is always a pleasure to help her.
We found things going well here at Agate Beach -- I think. We only had 14 people in church, but there were 9 regulars who were absent -- work, illness, visiting sick relatives, and other reasons unknown to me. So I have to keep reminding myself that my calling is to be faithful. If the people here want to have a strong church they will have to be the ones to step up and make it happen. I will help them all I can but I have to have warm bodies to help. Well, the next two weeks we will be gearing up for Easter. There's a lot to do. Remember us.
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Dear Joyce and Gene,
That was a "heavy" week, to say the least. I'm sure you felt the strength of our Lord through it all. So sad about the young ladies dying. Losing a young life is so hard. and then three at once is horrible.
What a fortunate lady to have you help her get what she needed with $$ she was blessed with.
Let's pray the folks at Agate Beach are serious about building up the congregation. I'm sure there are lots of people to recruit into the fellowship. We will continue to pray for them and for you. Keep the faith!
You are in our prayers.
Love,
Bess and Rick
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