Kathy,
Hopefully, some seed was planted too.
Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Kern" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: just a strange story


> Kathy, that is really a weird story.  I'm glad you were there for the poor
> guy, and that you could show him the love and hospitality of
> Jesus.  Wouldn't it be fun to hear him sharing the same story with his
> friends and to see what he says about it?  <grin>
>
> Peggy
>
> At 04:38 PM 5/13/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >HI Guys,
> >This is just a story that I can't pass up. You know how many twists and
> >turns that we have gone through trying to get this house. Well, today was
> >no exception. We were informed two weeks ago that we would have to have
> >someone certify that our septic system was in working order before we
> >could go ahead with the closing. Now, in most states, this could have
> >been done with a simple letter, for free, from an inspector, within about
> >24 hours, but, as you all know, this is Maine. They don't do things that
> >way in Maine. When Greg went to the town office to ask for this letter he
> >was told that, in Maine, someone would have to come out and inspect the
> >place. Also, since we are changing from a three bedroom to a four bedrom
> >home, a new plan will have to be drawn up and, while we don't need to
> >change our septic system right now, we will have to notify our neighbors,
> >by certified mail about the possibility of a future change. Maine is a
> >bureaucratic dream world. And, for all our trouble, this will probably
> >end up costing us another $300.00.
> >Well, anyway, like I said, the closing is tomorrow so we had no choice
> >but to do things their way and pray that the cost could be added to the
> >closing. The inspector came today and he was really very nice. Anyway, he
> >stopped for lunch before he got here and while he was talking to Greg, in
> >our back yard, he started getting really sick. It just came on him all of
> >a sudden! Well, we live in an open area that used to be pasture land so
> >there was no place that he could go for privacy and he ended up coming in
> >and using our master bathroom. I really felt so sorry for him, but we
> >were really able to practice hospitality. He just sat in our house to
> >recover and chat. Then, when we talked about payment, he said that if it
> >didn't end up getting covered in the closing that we would work something
> >out privately. Greg joked with him and said that emergency room costs
> >should off set the costs of his services. He really thought that that was
> >pretty funny. We are pretty sure that he must have been suffering from
> >food poisoning of some sort.
> >I guess that I'm just sharing this to show you what kinds of crazy things
> >have come along our path as we strive for this house, but also, I'm just
> >praising the Lord for an opportunity to, sort of, give someone a cup of
> >cold water in Jesus name.
> >God bless,
> >Kathy
> >
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