The coming week...

The next nine days promise to be very busy ones, so I know I won't be on here much. We belong to Presentation Ministries here in Cincinnati (it's a lay organization of the Catholic Church that promotes reading Scripture and attending daily Mass) and today begins our annual Bible Institute. We hold it at a local university and it includes lots of different classes you can take, daily Mass, and lots of fellowship. The boys and I will spend our afternoon helping people move into the dorms for the week and then the rest of the week, I will be either taking a class, helping with making copies of all the teachings for distribution, helping to host social gatherings, or whatever they need. It's always crazy...
Monday night our youth group will put on JUDY 2412 again for the people attending the Bible Institute. The people always love the kids' show and they've been working hard on it now for almost two months getting ready, but they have a great time doing it.
I'm always amazed how people come from all over the United States, Canada, and even some other countries sometimes, to attend our Bible Institute. Many people come back year after year....it's fun to see familiar faces from the years before and slowly, over the last 7 years we've been going, to have names to go with the faces. Once-a-year friends....
Last year, a young lady who lived in New York City came to the Bible Institute all alone. She had found our "One Bread, One Body" in a local church and had read about the Bible Institute in it. She felt called to come, so she did. At the Young Adults' night, she met Will's brother, John, and a spark flew.....their lives are forever changed. She's back in her hometown in New Hampshire now, and John is living nearby, looking for a job.
Other wondrous things have happened there too.
God does indeed work in mysterious ways....

A blessed Friday to all....