As Joan went skiing with her kids and Ruth wanted extra time to get ready for Berean we called off the walk. I left at 7:00 am to drive to Casey's in Hanna City to purchase a dozen donuts for the Berean office then to the new barn to plug in the golf cart. I had time to wash off some tables and sweep the kitchen floor before heading over to mom's house at 7:45 am. Ruth arrived right after. Mom was waiting for us. I heard that mom wanted Karin to buy bacon but not just any bacon and then the truth came out. Mom was offering the cat a piece of her left over bacon and the cat rejected it. Mom said, "Karin you need to go buy Oscar Meyer bacon, the cat doesn't like this kind!" County Market was selling a pound for $12.00 and we won't spend that on people much less a cat. Of course we laughed and laughed. We 3, Ruth, mom and I left for the Berean office but when we got to the junction of Cameron lane and 116 a police car was blocking the road not letting anyone turn left on 116.
We were behind quite a few cars that must have wanted to turn left but the policeman talked them into turning right and finding a new way. We heard later that there had been an accident at the Y of 116 and Farmington Rd. We could see lots of semis and other vehicles all at a dead standstill. We still made it to the office in time. Almost everyone else had arrived and were already working.
We weren't sure what we were going to do for Bibles today and then found out 5 boxes had arrived! JUST IN TIME. Vonnie opened one of them so we could inspect it.
Below Kathy and Shirley are checking them out.
It is large print and has a concordance at the back. We all thought it was a VERY nice Bible. Each Bible cost a little more than $10.00 but I know I would be proud to have such a nice Bible if I was in prison. Skip had ordered them quite a while ago but was told they were out of stock. Evidently they found 5 boxes to ship to us. The timing really was perfect but then we serve a perfect LORD! Sharon, Shirley and Vonnie went right to work stuffing and wrapping them.
Joan arrived to pick up studies for grading and brought in a booklet printed this month (like the Daily Bread) but this month was just for prisoners. She brought it in to show Kathy. Mom was stamping the return address on envelopes and was getting a little frustrated as each time she had a good amount in the box I would come around and grab them to add postage. We were using them as fast as she was getting them stamped.
With Ruth helping though they were able to get us enough for this week and a good start on next week.
Below Joan and Kathy are discussing the booklet. I asked Skip to turn around so I could get a picture of his 'good side'. He wasn't sure what I had asked so was questioning why I dragged him away from his work.
Below is a short video of our morning.
When we left Berean it was close to noon but we made it to the Hanna City post office before they closed for lunch which is 12:30 pm. Unfortunately there was a line up and one of the people in there had probably 20 or 30 boxes he needed to ship. I explained that we had 8 Bibles that didn't have the correct postage on them so put the Bibles on the counter and gave Rachel the postmisstress $20.00 and told her I would be back later for the change. Once mom and Ruth were dropped off I came home made Mark a quick lunch of potato and sausage soup then drove to the post office. I got back $10.00 but also one Bible. The zip code doesn't match the city. I KNOW it is correct and even looked it up while there but she wouldn't take it. She told us to put the correct postage on it and then it would go through but if she put it on it would have a bar code and go to the wrong address. From there I went to Aldi. I was hoping to pick up some rye bread for mom's house but Aldi doesn't carry that anymore. I spent $99.00 buying food for the house. Anna gave me some stew meat and soup bones so I needed the vegetables to go in the soup. From Aldi I drove to the Glasford elevator to pick up a 50 pound bag of sunflower seeds for mom and finally home to put away groceries and get the soup bones boiling. Those were boiled most of the evening then put outside tonight to cool. Tomorrow the fat will be skimmed and the vegetables added. I still need to peel and cut up potatoes for this soup. I checked on the eagles at Big Bear lake in California and Jackie laid a 3rd egg. Last year she laid 3 eggs and none of them hatched. Mom enjoyed watching Jackie and Shadow take turns on the nest and if Shadow wouldn't bring food often mom would worry. I took the picture below off the Big Bear Cam
The group Fobbv, Friends of Big Bear Valley has 2 eagle cameras that are live streamed so we can see what is happening. I've tried to share it here but it is private. If you want to see it go on youtube and type in Big Bear Eagle Cam. Then you will have the option to subscribe and watch.
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