By MYRNA FAUSKA
What happened to the first two weeks of September? A few days ago, I suddenly realized that I hadn’t sent out my usual first-of-the-month greeting cards for friends and family birthdays and anniversaries. I guess I hadn’t recovered from the Labor Day weekend. Somehow I managed to get two of these columns written and am now on No. 3. You will notice that this one is much shorter than usual, as I wasn’t able to connect with all of my neighbors, and the ones I did talk to didn’t have news to share.
Up the valley, at Mary Parkhurst’s, her grandson Guy Parkhurst of Janesville had Sunday breakfast with her. That young man is so faithful in helping to take care of his grandmother.
On Wednesday the Hill Country Belles Red Hats met at the Elroy Eatery for their monthly get-together, with 11 members present.
Since I forgot to check my email last Monday, I missed the announcement for the Red Hats meeting. So when Christopher Young and I arrived at the Elroy Eatery for lunch, lo and behold, there was a long table of my Red Hat sisters looking at us with me wearing a plain old blue outfit with a bare head and no red or purple in sight. We sat in an adjacent booth, and this was the first time a man was at our meeting.
The only other news is that I attended the Thursday Bible Study at Evangelical Free Church of Kendall, and on Sunday, Christopher and I drove to Mauston and dined at the Park Oasis Family Restaurant.
In our Sunday service at the Free Church in Kendall, Pastor John Olson preached on the conversion of Saul and how his behavior had changed from persecuting Christians to declaring that Jesus was the Son of God, preaching the truth to all who would listen and walking with the light of Jesus in his heart. Pastor got personal when he asked us if we were leading lives of Christian witness, showing others that we have Jesus in our hearts. One upon a time, I heard someone ask, “If you were accused of being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?” Amen.