A Surprising Day

We had a pancake breakfast before church this morning. The pastor's husband and another of the men did most of the cooking. They served pancakes and sausage and coffee. It was served in the fellowship hall in the basement but I brought plates of it upstairs to my office for me and Sis.

I wanted to be upstairs in case people came in the front door, I could direct them down to the fellowship hall.

During the church service later, I got a real surprise. After the offering was taken up, the chairman of the staff-parish relations committee got up and wanted to go up front and say a few words. He was sitting in the row ahead of me and he looked over and motioned for me to come along. I was surprised, but he insisted.

Well, when we got to the front, he made a speech about how I do a good job as office manager and presented me with an envelope. They had taken up a collection for me for Christmas. I was so surprised I was speechless. The pastor said, "I can't believe we managed to keep it from her the whole time." Well, they sure did. I didn't have a clue.

They had put all the offering in together and made out a check to me for the whole amount and it was more than I could possibly have imagined. I told them all thank you and said that they had really kept it a secret because I hadn't had any idea that they were doing it.

Also, one couple gave me and Sis a home-made pecan pie, another a bag of oranges from their orange tree, one lady gave us a loaf of nut bread and another a gift basket with a coffee mug, a snow globe, two candles, and assorted candy.

After church, Sis and I went to Sea Island Shrimp House for lunch. Then we went to the Verizon store so Sis could get a new case for the new cell phone she got the other day. Then we stopped at the nursery and got a watering can with a long handle to water the Christmas tree.

Today started out cold - at 35 degrees, but it got up to 70 this afternoon. The next couple of days are expected to be about the same, but then to get down to freezing on Christmas Eve and the high will only be 54 on Christmas Day. No white Christmas for us.