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Tippy - A Good Dog

Was thinking about all the pets in my life.  Seems old Blackie is getting a little slow these days.  Pets on the mission field are important to family health in my opinion.  Furloughs are often rough though and I've been hoping that dear old black dog goes on to doggy heaven peacefully before our next big trip to the States. Dogs for us provide friendship and true protection in a world full of petty and big crime.  We are thankful for our good dogs.  Below is a repost from a few years back... Tippy was the name of one of my uncles dog's when I was a girl. Tippy was a good old dog. She seemed to live a good life. I remember as a little city girl thinking that some day I could have a dog, too. That day came after we moved from the big city to the country hillsides of Virginia. Daddy went to see a man about a dog and came home with Star. She was a pretty black dog with a small white patch that earned her the name of Star. She was an outside dog and a good one....

Dental Saga

In February I had a toothache during a retreat out on the island.  Got home on a Tuesday...   On Thursday I went to the twice-a-week-comes-from- the-big-city dentist.  She was nice and took an x-ray but said that it looked complicated and root canal-ish.  Told me to go to the "root canal" dentist that only comes on Thursdays and Fridays.  She told me to take the name of a good pain killer.  It was too late to go right then...   On Friday morning I called the "root canal" dentist only to be told that their schedule was full with no available appointments until March.  My husband called them back and convinced the secretary to see me quickly for an evaluation in the late afternoon.  I took my x-ray from the day before.  The dentist saw me after an hour and a half wait for five minutes only to tell me that she could only do any work in March.   On Saturday I called a friend in the big city, who called his family's dentist.  ...

Happy Faces

Just a few of the smiling faces of our church's own retreat this past weekend.  Last night at our weekly prayer meeting people were still smiling and many gave thanks for the great messages, wonderful communion and just plain old good time. Sometimes our work sees little immediate reward and satisfaction.  I'm so happy for the success of this retreat and for all the smiling faces!

Easter Past

 The Lord is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed! The year is 2005.  My boys loved to hunt for their big, Brazilian, chocolate Easter Eggs.    I don't remember if we had a retreat out on the island that year.  I imagine that we did as we usually do.   I'm getting ready for one this morning.  Crazy me hid boxes of chocolate for the boys to find this morning and forgot to tell them! Guess we'll do that before we head out for the island. Wishing all of you a wonderful Easter weekend!