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Blessed by a compassionate God with, a loving and supportive wife, four believing grown sons, three great daughters-in-law, and two precious grandsons so far.

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I am thankful God has let me live long enough to learn that relationships are the most important part of life. Now I am trying to live that way. I am not always sucessful but I am improving.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

A little(?) stressful

The last few days have been a little(?) stressful.
On the personal front: We have been deciding how best to handle my medical bills. The hospital while a great medical facility and providing great care is difficult to deal with on the financial end. Due to the help of many friends I think we will be able to make the required monthly payments.
On the church front: It is interesting since we have begun encouraging members to use their gifts on their own instead of in a set "church program", some have begun complaining that "we aren't doing anything," and that "people are just doing things without concern for others." Our goal is to release people from the constrictions of programs and always feeling like they have to ask permission to do something. It seemed that in the past our programs forced people into roles or jobs their didn't necessarily like or were good at. Now we are facing the other extreme of "we aren't doing anything" but people are, it is just not broadcast. Admittedly it takes a change in mindset to go from being told what to do and having to come up with what to do on your own. Hopefully with enough encouragement our group will survive the change.

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