Look, up in the sky!! It’s a meteor! It’s the end of the world! Oh, —- it’s the sun. I hadn’t seen it in so long I’d forgotten what it looked like. LOL

Happy Tuesday my friends. Yes, it is a bright and beautiful morning. The sun is shining brightly, the sky is a brilliant blue, and I see only a few clouds way high in the sky. It is supposed to be a little less humid today for one day and the weather pattern that has brought all of the rain has finally broken and is moving on.

As you know, I had office hours yesterday morning and I got in some good sermon writing time. I’m working on my August 11 sermon and it started coming together pretty good. When we left there we went to the Gerst House, a local German restaurant for lunch. We really like their food. It is housed in what was for years a hardware/feed store called Heldt & Voelkers. I used to love going into the hardware/feed store. It had been around forever and the two old guys that owned and operated it knew where every nut, bolt, and seed was located. It smelled so good in there. There is a certain oder to a place that sells seed and livestock feed. I can’t describe it other than to say it smells “country”. Everybody on the west side of our town shopped for their garden seed. They had a wall of drawers that held the seeds and they would sell you as much or as little as you needed. They also had a second story and a basement where they stored their stuff. Rumor has it that when they sold out the stuff they had in the upper and lower floors went for a fortune because most of it was “new antique”. I’m glad to say that the owners of the restaurant/bar have kept much of the original facade which is one of the reasons that it is so popular.

After lunch we of course went to the hospital for my infusion. I now have twenty three more days of that which means I am just about half way done with them. I have started walking on my leg much more even though the doctor said to wait. But, I have no pain and I’m not over doing it. I am amazed at how well it is doing now. Thanks be to God, not only for His healing power but also for doctors like I have. Doctor Richardson is a wonderful doctor and it is apparent that he cares about me as a patient. I have another week in this splint and wrapping. Then, on to the next step. Speaking of steps, I went down my garage steps yesterday to get in the car because of rain, or maybe I told you that already.

Now, it is time for me to get to the kitchen sink and wash my hair. I’ll be so glad when I can get back in the shower. But, I’m prohibited from that because of my PICC line. That will come out on July 17th. It will be a great 75th birthday celebration.  That’s all I have for you today.I hope your day is sunny and bright and full of God’s love and the Holy Spirit. Peace.