Last week was a very emotional week with the death of Zackery Wells, the son of Mike Weiss, one of our REACT team members. Since they had the funeral at my church, I was the liaison between the REACT members and Mike’s family. The funeral was very nice and Zack got the recognition he deserved. The Patriot Guard Riders met with us at Mike’s house and then escorted us to the church for the funeral. Upon arrival at the church, Mike’s family immediately went to the fellowship hall to enjoy a hot lunch prepared by some of our church members. Then, it was time for the funeral. There were lots of tears shed during the funeral, especially when the video of Zack’s life was shown…it was very moving. It was a full military funeral, so the place was packed with men and women from various branches of the military. During funeral, an award was presented to Zack’s mom….an award he was due to receive before he died.
After the funeral, we were escorted by OCPD to the funeral. Once we reached SE 29 & Bryant, Del City Police joined in on the escort. When we arrived at the cemetery, Del City Fire had the road blocked off for us and the firefighters stood at attention as we passed them by. It was a great tribute to Mike and his family. The graveside service was awesome and God held off the rain for us. The military presented an American Flag to Zack’s mom and one to Mike, Zack’s dad. A man played Amazing Grace on some bagpipes and did an outstanding job. Once the graveside service was over, we passed out DVD’s of the video that had been shown during the funeral service….then, we all headed to Mike’s house for fellowship and food. I was so drained and exhausted, I chose not to attend the monthly CFAAA meeting that night. I let our vice-president preside over the meeting.
I made it to work Friday and took off early so I could attend an awards presentation for Gayla at her school. She was so happy to see me and my mom and dad there. Afterwards, I went by Hibdons, had some shocks put on my truck, drove to Norman to buy some ribs and then spent the rest of the evening at home.
Saturday morning was prayer breakfast at the church and then rehearsal for our Easter musical. During the afternoon, I spent about three hours at Gayla’s school, doing some mowing, weed eating and edging. It was not a parent work day, but since I had missed the last two, I needed to make up for it. Once I finished with the yard work, I went home and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening there.
I was up early Sunday morning…it was Easter. I told Stephen if he would come to church with us, I would pick him up at his apartment. So, I left the house (in the pouring rain) and went to his apartment. I picked him up and we headed to church. My whole family was there…Karla, Gayla and Stephen. Karla sang in the choir during the Easter musical, while I sat upstairs in the balcony doing the PowerPoint. I had the PowerPoint on the church’s laptop and live radar on mine. During the musical, one of my co-workers sent me a text message and advised me that the Draper Treatment Plant lost power, so much of south OKC was either out of water, or experiencing low water pressure. The boss had him call me because I have the code to change our recording on our phones. We have this recording to inform our customers when there is an outage in their area.
I went to the church office, changed the recording and then headed to the office to assist John with the phones. Amazingly enough, changing the recording helped us get rid of some of the phone calls. I stayed for 45 minutes and then left and headed up to mom and dad’s house for lunch. I had a very relaxing afternoon and had a great time with my parents and my sister and her family. I was still pretty tired and standing by in case the office called me again, so I headed on home and relaxed for the rest of the evening.
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