May 31 – “Game Day Crisis”

It was a really big day at church yesterday.  At least for the Vaughan family.  Kel preached for me again.  Josh and his family were still in town and in attendance.  Several families who are friends of Kel and Christina all came as well, not to mention the usual Seaside crowd.  We easily broke 70 in attendance.

 

So was this a random “family just happens to be in attendance” event?  A coincidental convergence of Christians?  No.  It was the day when Josiah and Noa were getting Baptist in the Gulf.  They were both really excited.  Kel had videoed a testimony by each of them and played it during the service.  Very sweet and simple child-like understanding and presentation of the gospel.  Needless to say, we are a proud family.

 

After church Christina served lasagna and salad to all who wanted to stay.  It was like the dinner on the grounds that we missed while in Florida.  Quite a few folks stayed and enjoyed the fellowship.

 

The rest of the afternoon we watched the Astros, napped, and played video games.  Well, up until the poker game broke out with Uncle Kel this time.  That took us to supper with leftovers of lasagna and pizza.  And supper was followed by a breakout of a different kind.  A street football game.  Blame Uncle Josh for that one.  A real game day crisis came when Brennan and Luke got their legs tangled on a pass route and both went to the ground.  Brennan came through fine – not a scratch.  Luke got the worst of it.  Goose egg on his head.  Scratch on his knee and forehead.  Aunt April brought some of that glue stuff to keep the cut closed.  Luke experienced what it was like to have nine concerned cousins hovering.  He was a real trooper, though.  The ice pack and bandaids seemed to do the trick for the most part.  Ice cream took care of the rest.  We all enjoyed the frozen treat and watched Dangerous Creatures of the World on TV.  Well, until AnnaGrace had all she could stand.  She requested a change to “something more girly.”  Needless to say, we switched over to Land Before Time so she could watch then baby dinosaurs. 

 

Psalms 107:1 says, “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”

 

Father, thank you again for the decision Josiah and Noa made to follow you and get baptized.  And to do it at the beach on Memorial Day weekend was quite the testimony.  Amen.