November 6 – “Rescue the bees”

We did it again.  Two days in a row.  Three mile walk.  I know.  So what?  Hey, it feels good … when we finish. 

Guess what?  The bees are back at the church.  This has become a yearly thing.  They really like one particular spot under our retreat center building.  Return just about every year.  I hadn’t noticed them yet, but our motorcycle friends pointed them out to us.  The bees were there last year when they were in the center, so it was a bit of a reunion for them as well.  Fortunately, I was able to connect with our regular bee guy already.  He is coming out next Wednesday to rescue the bees.

Last night we went into Texas to watch Jachin’s baseball game.  We left a little early so we could stop by their house in LaMarque and let their dog out.  They spent the day at the Renaissance Festival.  I heard a little about that trip.  Josiah was anxious to tell me about the museum of torture methods.  His favorite was when they would strap you down and attach a cage of rats to your bare stomach.  Oh, and the cage had no bottom.  Then the rats would eat their way out of the cage through your stomach.  Gross stuff.  Just the thing to entertain an up and coming young man.

From their house we stopped by the Whataburger near their house.  We had a coupon.  Buy a what-a-meal and get one free.  Good deal, except we usually just get a Whataburger Jr.  It was a lot of food.  Chris especially liked the fact that both buns were warm.  At our Whataburger in Galveston one or both buns are usually still a bit chilled.

So on to the game.  Traffic was tough in a few places, but Chris plowed through on her usual Houston traffic, slow and steady pace.  We arrived just in time to see Jachin’s team score six runs in the bottom of the first inning.  Jachin hit a nice line drive single to left field in his time at bat.  He even had a chance to pitch an inning.  He hit a batter and walked one, but eventually struck out the side.  Nice outing.  Traffic home was almost non-existent.  Guess everybody was busy at 7:30 on a Tuesday evening …

Isaiah 40:29 says, “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”

Father, thank you for yet another safe outing into Texas.  And would you take care of those bees until they can get relocated?  Amen.