Tuesday

The phone rang 6 or 8 times and the voice mail picked up. I called again about an hour later and the same thing happened. I wondered if the new old phone number was really in service. I finally got an answer on my way home from work. They had gone AWOL!

A re-naissance of sorts today. For the first time since "The Move", Mom and Dad took a road trip together somewhere other than a medical facility. Chanetta took them to their house on Zion and let the make off with some "stuff" that they "needed". For the last umpteen years we have struggled with what to get them for Christmas or birthdays that would be something other than a dust collector or trivial gadget or clothes that might be worn on occasion. After today, I know what to get them for Christmas. I won't say it here because my siblings will beat me to it. Needless to say they enjoyed the outing and the homecoming.

God is good.

Shifting gears a bit.

Most of you know Tom Logue and the array of diverse tribulation and anguish he and his family have endured over many years, including the latest tragedy with the death of his son John this year.

Tom is in need of our prayer again tonight for a new physical challenge facing him. He spoke with Dad last night and at the time described the diagnosis as cancer. When I talked with him tonight he said that the doctor told him today that it was not as dire a condition as first thought, and that he might have to live a little longer.

He could not be specific because I assume he has had to absorb a lot of information over the last few days and could not be definitive as to the diagnosis. He wanted to refer me to Louise but she was not there when I called.

I asked if I could share this with people that loved him and wanted to pray for him, and he joked that it would be okay if I could find anybody. He said that he knew people had been praying for his sanity for many years. He was greatful for the call and appreciated the concern.

However you pray tonight, remember Tom, Tim and Louise.

God is good!