Karen and I are stepping out of the volunteer mode for a few days. Phil and Sharon (my brother and sister-in-law) are visiting from Florida and we are in our third day of "we'll take care of that later" mode. Yesterday we traveled to Springdale to visit with Mark and Susan and their son, Christian, who pitches for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals double A baseball team. Tonight we will go back to see the Natutals play ball. We don't often lounge around into the early afternoon, eat a cooked breakfast, put four people in one bathroom and share less than 400 square feet of living space and still manage to keep reasonably civilized and cordial. Only occasionally is heard a discouraging word and the skies have been non-cloudy the past few days.
Phil and Sharon drove about 1100 miles from Jacksonville and are seeing the ups and downs and twists and turns of Arkansas roads for the first time and the beauty of country life. Karen and I have relished the change from city life to rural-ality and wonder if we will ever be able to go back to being city-fied. How blessed we are to be on "vacation" for most of the year and still be able to give our time and efforts to God's work and the furthering of His Kingdom. On Friday, we'll get back to some of our Passion Play duties, but mostly we'll let Phil and Sharon experience The Great Passion Play and the Holy Land Tour and experience it with them as "customers". I will "do" the Play as usual and Karen will have the chance to sit and watch the Play without having her usual duties to distract her.
Thank You, Lord for the relationships You have orchestrated, the people who have been part of our life and the relationship we have with You. It's a joy to worship You, to serve You and to be on vacation with You.
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