Repairs and Preparation
Yesterday was a busy day. It wasn’t as busy as many of my days, but I had something to do most of the time. I had an early apointment with my friends at the experimental diabetic medication center too tur in my diary, have blood drawn, and to get my next bottle of capsules. I imagine that this medication is similar to the injectable Ozempic, but it is oral. I’ve still not been told whether it is a placebo or the real thing, however since I have occasional side effects as the injections, I am on the real thing.
After the blood draw, I drove into Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania to eat breakfast. I had to fast, not eating anything for my blood samples. I enjoyed a quiet breakfast and took my morning medications at a restaurant called “Valley Dairy.” The food is good, ther servers are friendly, and the prices are reasonable. I hurried home to slowly work through the clutter in my office. It’s a never-ending chore. Each assault I make I must decide what to keep and what to toss; flotsam and jetsam. They only things that have no sentimental value are the weekly advertisements in the mail and the dust.
After lunch, I drove to the church for a mini-work day. We are readying the “Prophet’s Chamber/ guest trailer for our summer intern. He is a theological student from Ambassador Bible College in Lattimore, North Carolina. We have had other interns who we house, feed, and have them get the feel of being a youth pastor and learn the responsibilities of being a full time pastor.
There were four “workmen” of the Apocalypse gathered with tools in hand to move the beds into different rooms replace the privacy & room darkening window shades. One of the bedframes attacked me and scraped my shin. OUCH. We had to reposition the curtain rods for the valences and curtains. It was a job that needed to be done Tuesday, because the ladies of the church needed to have all the “mess” done so they could do the final cleaning for the intern’s arrival this coming Monday. We also have a young man who is doing a “meet and greet” and will be staying at the trailor for several days as a possible candidate for the assistant pastor. It’s a meeting to see if he and our church would be compatable and in God’s leading.
Last evening I attended my Granddaughter Hannah Yoder’s spring chorus concert. I had an enjoyable evening, but by the time I got home, my back was tired and so was I.