October 31 - “Some more old friends”

Work around the house was the order of the day. Chris is still sorting sewing and quilting supplies. I repaired a part of the old sewing machine that we brought over from the  Tradewinds house. It needs new belt, but we just may get that one to work again. My favorite saying lately … guardedly optimistic. 

In the afternoon we made our trip over to Walmart for groceries. Chris also was on the lookout for some fabric to make a doll-ish creation that AnnaGrace dreamed up in her head and drew a picture of. That one is gonna be very interesting.  

We saw some more old friends in the breakfast aisle. This week is the big Biker Rally in Galveston. For quite a few years now, Seaside has hosted a group of Christian bikers who hang out with the crowds and look for ways to share Jesus with them. And for the last few years they have brought us several hundred New Testaments with the biker logo on the front for the expressed purpose of us giving them away at Halloween. So … we saw a few of the guys who come every year and who have become good friends. Always great to meet up with someone at Walmart who doesn’t mind a big hug. 

And speaking of big hugs, our regular Walmart friend - that we made a few years back by sharing a fried turkey leg with - spied us heading toward the checkout counters. She reserved us a spot and another big hug, to boot. Ain’t hugs grand?

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬ says, Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present  your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.

Father, keep the bikers safe this week. There’s a lot of them here, and sometimes those bikes are hard to see. Amen.