Hi Reeves,
What do you mean Monday? teeheeteehee
IN HIS GLORY AND GRACE,
purple Mari
At 09:29 AM 5/2/2007, you wrote:
>Now Phil, where was your mind Monday?? Same place as mine? SNICKER SNORT!
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>LOVE IN CHRIST,
>Reeva Parry.
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>On Monday 4/30/2007 10:46 AM, Phil Scovell said:
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>>Kathy,
>>
>>Your comments reminded me of something my mom told me once. She and my step
>>dad used to go on these Christian cruises. I think it was the first one she
>>went one this happened. You know, these were the cruises that big named
>>preachers or ministries would sponsor so the whole ship would have 800 to a
>>thousands Christians on board. Anyhow, she came home after this first one
>>in the Caribbean and since I have never been on one, I asked her all about
>>and how the preaching services went and work shops and worship services and
>>all that sort of thing. She spoke favoribly about everything. Mom was in
>>her mid seventies by this time. She grew up as a Mennonite, my dictionary
>>with definitions claims that's how you spell it but it doesn't pronounce it
>>properly, but that's what she grew up as in Kansas as a farm girl and 11
>>kids in the family. Anyhow, my mom said, "There is one thing that really
>>bothered me on the cruise." I thought, Oh, brother. Somebody probably
>>taught something unscriptural or some heresey or something, being the
>>Baptist that I am. I said, "What was that, mom." She said, lowering her
>>voice to nearly a whisper, "Well, so many of the women wore shorts on board
>>the ship." Of course, even my own heritage, we didn't believe in such a
>>thing. I don't think Sandy wears then even now. I do, when it is 100
>>dgrees but they are so long, it hardly helps. If she did wear them, I
>>wouldn't mind because it gwould give me something to touch but I digress.
>>Mom didn't say that they wore shorts during the services and I would imagine
>>most people dressed up for such services but it was funny to hear how
>>worried mom was about women wearing shorts. Actually, I sort of miss people
>>dressing up and looking nice for church back in the days I could see and
>>especially on Easter, or resurrection Sunday, when people really went all
>>out and flowers were every place in the church. I can even tie my own tie
>>and not many men can even do that these days. I had to teach my boys how to
>>do it and even then, 9 times out of ten, they still brought their ties to me
>>to tie for them. An Easter a year ago, vicki came to church here and I
>>believe John said she had a new outfit. But, he said, many of you can't see
>>it. I said, under my breath, so Vickit couldn't hear, I would like to feel
>>of it to see howit looked but I would probably get in trouble. Todd and
>>Lelia were hear and Todd heard me and he laughed but no one else heard me,
>>if they did, like when I teach or preach, they just ignore me. I do enjoy
>>looking at why my wife wears such things but for more reason than one.
>>
>>Phil.
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