Today was a day with nothing special on the schedule and it ended being full of special! Mom had Ladies' Aid on her calendar, an afternoon outing. A friend from church picks her up for this and I didn't really feel like going along. I have gone in the past and it's okay, but not all that interesting.
In the morning, I got a message via Facebook, from Naomi's gentleman friend, David, who was in town for a visit on their spring break. Naomi was shadowing at Immanuel Lutheran but David was available to play the organ at First German. He offered to pick me up and take me along to FG, so I went out to stand on the street corner for him to more easily find me. I was getting a personal concert!
We had only 30 minutes before the children's choir was coming to rehearse so we made good use of it. At first I asked David to play some of his favorites, which were also mine. Then, I went through my list of favorites, including some from my funeral list. David is a skilled organist, gifted, I would say, and played that old pipe organ beautifully. I asked him if it did any harm to crank it up, so to speak, and he assured me that the most harm to this organ is it NOT being played!
While we were yet in the balcony, we heard young voices approaching. As I had told David, I had not met my Facebook friend, Natosha, but was going to this morning! Sure enough, before I could get to her, she grabbed me for our introductory hug. She is teaching music and the 7-8 grade, temporary call. She was training her junior choir in antiphonal singing so David and I went downstairs to give them space.
We sat in the church office for a bit, while Linda finished up her volunteer work (now officially retired, she still has work to do for FG). Linda and I were going to have lunch so David was free to go, as he had plans to visit Naomi's mom who had recently had surgery. I had a chance to speak to the two pastors as well, and offer my encouragement to Pastor Schaefer as he considers his recent Call. I told him I could not leave without putting in my two cents' worth, and he appreciated what I offered him.
Linda and I went to Harborside for lunch and they were so kind to make us perch sandwiches, even though they were not on the menu. LOVE these hometown restaurants! For fun we went across the street to say 'hello' to the ladies at Rose Colored Glasses, which was a hoot. So very nice to see them all again.
She dropped me off at Mom's just as her ride was coming to take her to Ladies' Aid. My job that afternoon was to prepare the pork roast which Jill provided. I used the slow cooker and added onion soup mix plus Golden Mushroom Soup. Added some baby carrots to it plus Mom made some instant potatoes to have with our meal. Jill brought leftover sweet potatoes to share. What a wonderful meal it was!
We have a full day tomorrow so I had better rest up! Good night everyone!
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