Learning

Hello,

Most of the people who come to the Church Women United meetings appear to be quite a bit older than I am. I find that they can still tell me things about how to reach out to others, laugh, sing and pray. No hymn is familiar to all or the favorite of all. We have to keep learning new ones if we want to lift our voices together. This is a small town several women there told me that they had heard rumors that we will be leaving Chariton. They wished that we could stay.

This afternoon Leroy had a service at a nursing home. They sang Jesus Loves me and What a Friend we have in Jesus with gusto. Usually most of the people at the nursing home services just mumble or even sing on the wrong page. Not this group. During the sermon, Leroy used some visual aids and a young man who was working there got interested, stopped for a short time, and talked about it. Later during the service mail was delivered to some of the attendees. Most of them ignored it, but one woman started to read her paper. The lesson here is just be flexible and go with the flow.

Leroy is thinking about selling one of his childhood trains. He is finding that it is worth more than he had thought. Now there is a dilemma, should he sell it, work on getting something so he can have it out so he can play with it, have it out so his grandchildren can play with it when they visit, or pack it back in the box. Right now he does not see much point in having it stored in the box and we just keep moving it around the country.

If you forget your library card you have to walk back home and get it. It is a good thing on a day that the previous walk had been short. I now have logged more than three miles. Sometimes it is good to have Leroy with me as I can use his card. Hopefully we will move to a place that has a library that is close enough to walk to as it is a great destination.

Paula