Rambling

Happy Birthday Sandra! Are you still 29? The Parade magazine last Sunday had a listing of "What People Earn" I was depressed to learn that Leona Helmsley's dog, Trouble, earned $12 million last year. Leona left her millions to the dog when she passed away. A caretaker has sued the dog for the money. None of them will take it with them when they pass away either. There was a perfect storm at church last Sunday. All the leaders of the church had a situation where all but one were out of town at the same time. One of the leaders rearranged his flight so he could deliver the sermon. It was just Lee and him for class. Lee ended up leading singing. He did a good job. Everything is falling into place on Kwaj. Our house is being prepared. Our sponsors on Kwaj have bent over backwards to help us any way they can. The house we are getting is an older house with cinder blocks and bricks. They are best for not having a mold problem. They were built before dishwashers were the norm. This one has been refurbished so we have central AC and not the window units that are noisy. Our sponsor found a portable dishwasher on the island that had not been used very much. She talked them into bringing the price down in half of what they were asking. They are the greatest. One of the few hobbies I have is growing our own tomatoes. There is no comparison between a store bought tomato and a home grown tomato. Lee ends up doing most of the work helping me get them started. We were told that tomatoes do not grow well on the island. I suspect it is the salt water. I have grown ten foot tomato vines before so I have to try. Macy's is closing so our sponsors went to the store to buy what I needed to try and grow my tomatoes. Amy, I need you to pray for my tomatoes. Now that I know how many and what size my windows are we went shopping for window curtains Sat. There aren't any to buy on Kwaj. My niece had told us about a two story Target somewhere in SD. We found out where it was and checked it out. Unfortunately they did not have what we needed. We ended up going to JC Penney. Our sponsor had told us that JCP would mail to any AP address without any tax. I found what I wanted in the SD store and bought only a few sets to take with us in our suitcases. The rest I bought on line and had them mailed to Kwaj. They should be waiting for us when we arrive. Blessings to all.