Catching Up

These 14 hour days have made it difficult to blog consistently.  So I'll try to remember last week. Seems it was full of glitches.  Last Thursday, Greatfull House was schedule to have a group portrait taken.  We all dressed in our finest, but for the first time in memory, two core members were late getting home from work and workshop, so we had to reschedule.

Saturday we celebrated Octoberfest with a picnic on the back deck.  With all the sausage we get from the Food Bank, we made chicken sausage, Kielbasa, pork sausage, sausage with artichoke and garlic etc., etc.
I cooked most of the day.  The occasion was to be in honor of our neighbor, Tommy, living next door at Nouwen House, but an old friend came along and took him out for the afternoon.  Now Tommy wants to know when we're going to have another picnic for him.

Sunday we all attended the Gracias Christmas Cantata at The University of North Florida, performed by a company of Korean youth.  They are world renowned, and the show was quite spectacular.  However, between the second and third acts, I realized why it was free. . . we had to listen to a twenty minute sermon by the Reverend Park on sin and salvation.  So during the intermission, Stacy and I went into the lobby.  She is very friendly and will engage any stranger in conversation.  Some are gracious, but most do not know how to react, or are embarrassed, or embarrassed for her.  Such people begin to annoy me, but then I think it's really their problem.  When we attempted to get back into the auditorium, the doors were locked, so we never heard the finale.

Last night was Bible Study night at St. Matthews Lutheran Church.  The parishioners prepare a nice supper for L'Arche Harbor House.  It was Greatfull House's turn to put on a skit to illustrate the evening's teaching from Scripture, (Jesus' journey to Jerusalem).  Getting our core members to rehearse was like pulling teeth, but finally we were (somewhat) ready to perform.  Just as the cast was making its entrance, Stacy and Kathy (The Disciples) had a little misunderstanding, and Kathy refused to go on.  We grabbed Larry from the audience to replace her, then Stacy balked and had to be cajoled into cooperating.  That's show biz!