Getting Acquainted

Well, I am going to get acquainted in Minco even if I have to crash a party to do it. You are wondering what happened? It was the eve of Halloween and our class was having a party, hay ride and just fun in the country. However, I got the location mixed up and decided to go to a house that had lots of cars parked in the drive.

Laurie and I got the cookies we baked (she baked) and went to the door. The people in the house looked familiar and we asked if this was the right place and they said "Yes," "come on in." So we did. We introduced ourselves to the new faces, placed our cookies on the kitchen table near the plates that were already used with food residue remaining in them and started visiting. The O.U. game was on and I watch a little while Laurie took a tour of this beautiful two story restored older home. Then we went outside to see the new play house that was built for the children, one of which was having a birthday.

In the yard I asked the question, where is the hay ride going to start? They said, there is no hay ride here. Then all the little signs I noticed begain to come together. Food already eaten, the host couple not in the room, the lack of others our age and the large number of children present. We were at the birthday party of a 9 year old not at the hay ride of 50 somethings. How embarrasing. The new preacher and wife crashing the party of a 9 year old.

When we left, with laughs and cookies in our hands we began to imagine the conversation in the room. "Did you invite them?" "No." "Did you?" "No." Then how did they know about it?

The family has been a good sport but it was all over the community because I told on myself and news does spread you know. I hope everyone is having as much fun as we are.

Oh, by the way we did make it in time to eat at the hay ride, ride on the hay hauling bus and have a really good time. This is a fun place. Thanks for your laughing with and at us. We are glad to provide the entertainment at any party. Just let us know.

We will bring cookies.

Talk To Me Through Commode 6 on 4th Floor

I visited the county jail the other day ( I am not going to tell you which county) and the female inmate was on the sixth floor. We had a great visit and I got her hooked up with a Bible Study in the jail conducted by one of our special ladies at Minco.

Some information I had about her brother I was not going to share with her but she beat me to it and disclosed that he was also in the jail on the fourth floor. I was there to also visit him but did not want to tell her to make her sad.

We had a great visit, prayed and just before I left she asked if I was going to see her brother. I said yes and the next bit of information caused me and her to laugh. She said, "can you tell him that if he will go to commode 6 on the fourth floor that we can visit through the commode plumbing. " You have got to be kidding. Innmates can talk to each other via the commode. Now A Tand T should not know about this. It could be a swirl in the engineering department. They could just plunge that information into the community or put a lid on it so none of the other providers will know. I guess the roto rooter guys have known this all along.

Now that gives a whole new meaning to potty talk. But regardless of the method when you are in a place where you cannot see the people you love any communication is better than no communication at all. So, those not in jail, and not privy to the crude methods of communication available should take advantage of the phone, internet, visit or any line of communication to speak hope, blessing and love.


By the way make sure to flush before you talk.

Enter At Your Own Risk

Well, I found this sign above my office door and no one will claim it. All I can say is such boldness is admirable. The only problem is that is it not about going beyond this door but going to home that counts. The Giants did that more times than the Rangers and the rest is history.

Pitching, pitching and pitching is the key. There was also better defence for the Giants. They made the plays that shut the Rangers down. Who is the better team. The answer is both are. They are better because it is about which team shows up on any given day. Sometimes it is the A team and at other times it is the B team. When the B team shows up they will lose.

I really hope that everyone shows up on Sunday ready to play the A game. Each teacher should be prepared as if every sunday is the World Series. Every greeter should be in their place as if the next person they greet will become the next person entering the Kingdom of God by faith. Staff, choir and musicians should be ready to present their A game to the group and every worshiper should be prayed up and ready to receive God's message.

First Baptist Church at Minco has no reason to play the B game when the A game just takes a little more effort. I will not settle for anything but our A game every sunday. There is no time to let up.

So all I can say is enter at your own risk. When Minco FBC is at its A game the lost will be saved and beleivers will be encouraged.