Carol,
We Hope you and Mike have a nice chrismas together.
Ret and I. will visit Jackie Retta's sister, on Chrismas day. and Jean on
boxing day.
while i'm writing, Please, may I say, a happy Christmas to you all on list,
and a wonderful 2007.
love,
Malc and Ret.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Pearson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:18 PM
Subject: AT THE END OF ANOTHER DAY
> Hi all,
>
> Well, we're nearing the end of another Sunday which has been quite a busy
> one. We went to take carol service at another establishment where elderly
> people live. It was all a bit hurried, organisationally, and folk were
> tired from lots of Christmas type engagements. With some reluctance, Mike
> and I sang again, as we had at the ladies' lunch. I just felt, "God, rain
> down your Spirit on that place and those people". There seemed a hardness
> there and it was a real effort for us to go out and do it again. Somehow
> I kept thinking, "Why don't the young people go out and about and do these
> things, as we did when we were young?" Then I remembered that nobody else
> would go in the place of Jesus to die for us, and that made it worthwhile
> for me, even if the going was tough. With additional pain in my spine and
> neck, as well as difficulty in singing, this was not one of my easier and
> most enjoyable assignments. Now Christmas will soon be here. Mike and I
> will stay home together. Please pray I'll be able to make our meal
> enjoyable to us both and that we'll have a good time, even without any
> family and probably no friends around either.
>
> What are you all going to be doing? Do you have a flurry of engagements
> still to do beforehand?
>
> My love and prayers are with you all.
>
> --
> Carol - Reading, UK
>
> To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
> In You I trust, o my God. . . .." PS25:1-2 NIV.
>
>
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