February 24 – “More water is coming…”

I have a bit of a dilemma this morning.  Sometime today a delivery of two pallets of bottled water will arrive in Jamaica Beach.  It was donated to Seaside by Centerpoint Energy in Houston.  The problem is where to unload it.  There is really no place at the church, other than under our retreat center.  We could certainly do that, though.  Lauren connected with the Jamaica Beach Volunteer Fire Department chief, and he said we could drop it off at the fire station.  Problem there is that he can’t be there until after 5:30.  Lauren’s original suggestion was to put the pallets under the steps of City Hall so residents could come pick them up at a known site right on the main road.  Of course City Hall is right next door to the fire station, so it’s about the same place.  I made a FaceBook mention to the police chief about this possibility.  Just want someone to know that it is coming.  Step two is getting the word out once it does arrive.  Not sure how we’ll go about doing that.  Friends of Jamaica Beach FaceBook page, I guess.  Oh, well, guess we’ll find out once they notify us of a specific time they will be here. 

 

Last night we went to a doubleheader baseball game.  Jachin’s team was playing in Pasadena, so it was relatively close.  They won one and lost one.  Jachin got to pitch a little in both games.  But … it was cold.  Not the unbearable cold of last week.  This was the evil chill in the air that gets into your bones until you just can’t seem to get warm.  I think the temperature was right at 60, but I got chilled and just couldn’t handle it.  I ended up sitting in the car shivering for the last half of the last game.  Bless Chris’ heart, she sat with me.  Didn’t have to.  Maybe she loves me or something.  I did get warm finally, but this just reiterates something I learned way back in high school.  Baseball is NOT a winter sport. 

 

Psalms 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”

 

Father, please direct the delivery of this water to where it can most effectively be accessed by the residents who need it.  Amen.