So sleepy today….my boss called me yesterday afternoon and asked me to come in at 4 am this morning because our graveyard shift dispatcher was still sick. So, I went to bed at 9 pm last night and was up at 3:15 this morning.
Despite this sleepy day, the last three days have been rather good. Friday morning, I worked with some other City employees on a project called, “Day of Caring.” This is where we work with the United Way and assist a citizen with repairs to their home. I worked it from 8 am – noon and then had lunch. Since the Blue and Gold order at Gayla’s school was suppose to be in at 3 pm that afternoon, I had decided to go ahead and take the rest of the say off after I completed the work for the “Day of Caring.” I had my lawn equipment with me because I already knew that I had yard work to do that day.
Since our work site was not far from my office, I decided to drop my and pick up a few things at my desk….then, I headed up to the north side of town to mow Linda’s lawn. By the time I finished her yard and drove back towards Gayla’s school, it was almost time to pick up my Blue and Gold order. I was about 45 minutes early, but my order was ready, so I loaded it all in my truck and headed back to my office to make deliveries. After spending an hour or so making deliveries, I decided to take the rest of it home and put it in the freezer until I could get in touch with the others that ordered.
I refueled my mower, weedeater and blower…and proceeded to mow two more lawns. By the time I started mowing my last lawn, I was so tired. I had not really planned on mowing three lawns that day, but that’s how it worked out. This way, I would not have to worry about mowing all weekend long and I could relax. After mowing and taking the family out to eat, I went back home, grabbed the Blue and Gold and started making deliveries to those that lived in SW OKC. I made it home by 10 pm.
I really had no plans for Saturday, but did spend most of it running errands. I was able to take my bike to Lake Hefner and ride around the lake and take my truck by Lucas’ house to have him look at my brakes. They had been squealing, so I assumed they were going bad. Come to find out, I did not need brake pads, so I got off cheap. The rest of the afternoon I was able to rest and watch a little football. That evening, I watched COPS, watched some football and worked on the powerpoint for Sunday morning’s church service.
I had a full day on Sunday. We have a good crowd in our church service and had a great message. Unfortunately, it looks like the bulb in our overhead projector is about to burn out because you could barely see anything on the screen….everything was very dim. The projector is mounted overhead, coming down from the ceiling, so we have to put up scaffolding in order to change out bulbs. I have a phobia about heights. I don’t like tall ladders and I don’t like heights…period! I like to act like a macho man sometimes, but when it comes to climbing a ladder or being raised up in the air, I turn into a big chicken. I have tried to climb up a ladder to get 10-20 feet above the ground, but my legs shook so bad, I could never get steady on a ladder……so, I leave all the monkey climbing to someone else. Now all we have to do is get a bulb and find a brave soul that can climb the scaffolding.
After church, I went by Sonic to get something to eat and then headed north to an unscheduled REACT meeting. We met at one of our REACT members’ homes (where our mobile command post is parked) and worked on it some. For some reason, we can’t get the MCP to start, so one of our more knowledgeable members came and tried to use his expertise to start it. It still would no start. While we were there, several of us discussed something new that we wanted to try. Since we are storm spotters/trackers, several of us have decided to take our experience and go speak to youth groups about storm chasing….and then talk to them about Christ. We figured it would not only get the attention of students and their parents by sharing our storm spotting stories, but we can also present the gospel to them.
This is exciting for me because I know we can incorporate our storm spotting skills into ministering to young people. The one thing that concerns me is our team. I know several of them are Christians, but many times their witness doesn’t show. They will have to learn to pray more and ask God to help them clean up their language. I know many Christians that struggle with cussing, but if we are going to minister to others, especially students, we have to have a good witness and watch our tongues. We are in process of setting it up, so I hope in the next 3-4 weeks, we can start visiting other churches and speak to their youth groups.
I was anticipating some severe weather yesterday afternoon because the forecasters said it would get stormy. I had my flashlight and spotlight charged, including my REACT radio and I was ready for storm spotting……but the weather never got that severe and it did not even make it in to the City until around 10 pm….so there was nothing to spot. Maybe next time…..
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