Moving Day

The Sanctuary/ Auditorium of our church

is undergoing renovation, and last Sunday was the last time we were going to have worship services there, until the renovations are done. First to go were the rows of chairs. ( They are going to be replaced with pews... cushioned pews, one hopes . I have plenty of er, cushioning around the mid section, but I can honestly say that I have a "bony a$$ " , which doesn't like sitting on hard wood seats for very long.. )

Everyone was encouraged to bring tools, flat bed trucks; anything they could think of to help with the removal and transporting of the chairs to a designated warehouse. The chairs are going to be sent by container to Ghana, where they will be utilized in the/a church(es) there

Here's what it said in the bulletin :

FAMILY SERVICE PROJECT-FOR ALL AGES!

As part of the month, we will have a special service project for families of all ages TODAY, immediately after the potluck meal. Bring your 7/16 inch wrench. We will be pulling up the chairs in the auditorium and loading them in containers for Ghana! Don’t miss this great opportunity to share in a special time of service together.

heave ho, guys.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention there was a Pot Luck Lunch. I still have to wrap my mind around "lunch" being called "dinner" in these parts. And "dinner" being called "supper". In Malaysia, supper was something you ate when you were hungry AFTER dinner.

Acts 9:31(NIV)

"Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee
and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace.
It was strengthened; and encouraged
by the Holy Spirit, it grew in numbers,
living in the fear of the Lord."

Another Auction

I had never been to an auction

until I was here in the US. I had never even been on Ebay before that!

Anyhow, the latest auction David and I went to was one where the stuff up for auction were the fixtures in a recently closed-down Albertson's store. We're always up for a bargain, so we found ourselves there early Saturday morning, among small and mid-sized business owners, as well as regular folks like us, looking to see if there would be anything useful for the home which could be gotten at a bargain basement price.

Even the wall fixtures were torn out/down

Rows upon Rows of Empty Shelves and Display Racks







Huge Compressors





Giant Props







( not to us, anyway . LOL )



Saw this written on one of the shelves for sale.
I swear I have no idea what it means.

Do I even want to know?!




Psalm 24:1
The earth is the LORD's,
and everything in it, the world,
and all who live in it;

Food Glorious Food

Here was the menu

for last Thursday's Letti Thursday with da Boyz

Grilled Chicken with Black Eyed Peas,
Toasted Garlic Sour Dough Bread
and Balled Cantaloupe

On Friday Girls' Day Out, Cindy and I ate at George's restaurant, A Taste of Asia, and Cindy had the truly awesome Beef Noodle Soup and I ordered the Luot Cha ( or something to that effect ) which was basically a very tasty version of the Malaysian Char Kuay Teow.

Beef Noodle Soup,
Char Kuay Teow
and Soupiness







Yummy Yummy Yummers...

Romans 14:17-18 (New International Version)

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,
but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
because anyone who serves Christ in this way
is pleasing to God and approved by men.

Christmas presents

Yay! We received Christmas presents in the mail

a few days ago. We had planned on meeting my family in California for the holidays, but a bunch of different things cropped up and we were unable to do so. So my sister rounded up all the gifts, and sent a package our way. Anyway, it was fabulous to get all the fun things in the package..

Now I have to get my rear in gear and send OURS off to them.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that
he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal life.

Happiness is..

It doesn't take that much to make me delighted ( I hope ! )

Television

We received our replacement lamp for the DLP TV yesterday after ordering it on the phone on Monday.

Hurray for promptness and tracking information on Circuit City's part.

David and I followed the instructions, took the back off, and replaced the lamp ourselves. David got to watch football today on the big screen. LOL

Sushi

Part of the purchases we made at Costco while at the vet's was sushi.. a party tray-full of sushi, to be exact. Hurray

Chinese Food

I always gripe about the majority of Chinese restaurants in this part of the world not being authentic enough, having tweaked their recipes to cater to local tastes. But that didn't stop Cindy and I from going to Szechuan Restaurant for lunch on Friday. The restaurant had closed its doors for over a year for renovations, and was back bigger and better. They've even made it to the Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA list!

Happy is he…whose hope is in the Lord his God.

Psalm 146:5 KJV