..uh oh, I will be out of the country Sept.12 :(
We had two couples over.....
..one couple (the Music Director of our church, and his wife) have the ONLY baby in our small church.
I was prepared (& quite willing) to hold him during lunch, so his mommy could eat.
But he slept all during that time, and we all got to chat.
Two very interesting couples....
...the Music Director is former Air Force and played keyboard in the Air Force Band!!!...(he is quite, quite good!!)
He & his wife live 30 minutes away, and I wanted to encourage them because they drive all this way, and once a month they stay in my area to go to the nursing home & give a church service.
This young man is such an asset to our church......his talent, devotion, and enthusiasm are outstanding!
The other couple are retired military....Air Force also.
He now teaches German, and US History, and AP European History at a school in Orlando. (Yes, he drives 45 min. to an hour to work)
They were quite interesting, and really seemed to like the food.-----They all had seconds!
My cake was a big hit too :))))
This is God's own grace......the retired military guy doesn't officially have a father .......his mother has him, and two half sisters, and she never married any of the men who she conceived with.
He was unchurched.....no male role model.
When he was working at McDonalds in highschool, the Christian group called The Navigators...witnessed to him, and he became a Christian.
So the Heavenly Father is the ONLY father he has ever known.
And he is a genuinely caring, nice man............one would never know what a difficult background he's had.
Just reminds me of Michael Card's song.....about God not wasting a thing.
What a testimony of God's grace & love is this fatherless (but no longer) man.