Thursday, November 8, 2012

Paid with a kiss.

Ever have one of those days when nothing seems to work out?
  • You need an answer to a question, and the people who are "suppose" to know don't?
  • You can't get anything done because your "Things to Do" List is backing up like a bad toilet?
  • Your throat hurts just as you have to answer the phone?
  • You want to return a phone call, but you keep getting incoming calls?
BUT THEN...
As I wrote about last night, a lady and her family got out ok from a house fire, with the lady only getting some cuts on her leg.  And as it turns out, the family is kin to someone who has been attending one of my churches.
This is where they say a Pastor wears many hats.

I went to see the family today as they are staying at the mother's apartment. I wanted to make sure that there was enough food (no one ever really plans on shopping "just in case the kids are suddenly over for a few days") and that everyone had enough clothes until it was ok to go back into the house to get whatever could be gotten and washed.

Fortunately, all is well... enough food and clothes, the insurance folks were already helping the family out, fire inspectors had chatted with them, etc, so they should be able to get some stuff from the house soon.

As I left the apartment, the little boy (3 years old), yelled good-bye across the room, and then blew me a kiss.

What? Things weren't working out?
Today was a great day!