Welcomed Gift

 I left at 7:50 am so I could stop at Kroger to pick up a treat for the Berean volunteers before going to the Berean office. They had just brought out pecan sticky rolls and I was able to snatch them right off the cart even before they were taken to the shelf. Shirley and Ray had arrived at the office before I got there and had unlocked the door. We had a lot of mail. A big stack of letters plus a bunch of studies had come in. We were grateful for everyone that was able to come. Marvin was working on a couple return studies and got a brand new rule.

Check out this crazy highlighted rule in the picture below.

Each week there is another reason why the jail or prison will reject the study. It is discouraging and expensive when mail gets rejected. Below Sharon is doing mom's job as she is now in Gulf Shores, Ray is applying labels and Shirley (almost pictured at the far right) is running the postage machine as Bruce and Leila are in Arizona.

Before the prayer Kathy read a very nice letter from an inmate that asked for a Bible. We had a lot of Bible requests and ended up with 5 full boxes.

Those were taken to the Bartonville post office as by the time I left the Berean office it was 12:30 pm and the Hanna City post office closes for lunch.

I stopped at Meisters to drop off studies for Crystal's mom to grade then to the post office. They had Kickapoo Creek road closed as the bridge over the creek is in the process of coming down. They let me through as I was driving my Prius that has Meister's on the door but later I found out they turned all the other workers away and made them go the long way around.

My next big job was to drive to Sam's club to pick up all the ingredients for tomorrows meal then over to the barn to drop off everything. I'll cook over at the barn and start in the morning.

Mark and Mackenson were busy hanging the coat hooks up in the coat closet. I didn't have my phone with me but tomorrow will get a picture of that. Now we need a sign on that door so guests know where to hang coats. Ruth sent the picture below of mom's meal tonight. Rachel brought it.

Ruth isn't known for her cooking and is grateful for all the family down in Gulf Shores right now helping to feed her, Fedi and mom!
Logan sent some cool pictures of a squirrel on his garage roof a couple weeks ago. I've never seen a squirrel with that kind of coat.

Mike sent a picture of one of the trail cameras from Middle Grove.

Nice to see plenty of hay out but none of the horses eating on the hay. We have 30 out there so not all the horses can be seen in the picture. It was a pleasant day with mild temperatures. I think we hit 46 degrees today. Any January day above freezing is a welcomed GIFT!