The Lunch Bunch

Every Friday noon a bunch of us meet at Carl's Jrs. for lunch. Some from Granada and some who are Professors at Talbot Seminary or Master's Seminary. Occasionally others. Today was occasional day. Verl Lindley showed up, a rarity. So much fun to have him just sitting there talking, at church he was always deluged with people, so not much talk.

What made it special for me was that Monday I had given him and Lois a copy of my bio, he had never seen it. This week both he and Lois read the whole thing!! Like he said, it is a history of Granada from my perspecitve and he was just thrilled to read it, as he knew most of it from knowing what was going on at the time.

I am thinking of doing some editing and I might add a chapter or two as things do keep happening. Very little has been written about the grandchildren and even less about the greats. Can you imagine, Ariana is going to be ELEVEN shortly!! Then in September Madeline will be TEN! We are very happy with the way the family is positioned, looking to the Lord four guidance and not to mere men.

Unintended consequences

We do things and never know where it will go. Spoke by Email the last couple of days with a man going to the new Friends church in Brea. They have about 350 and are excited. So? Well, he is #4 boy in his family and his mom came to the Lord in a Bible study I had in 1961, dad was a believer but had been sleeping for thirty years. All four boys are in ministries, one is a missionary. The folks never slowed down until papa was hit by Als in recent times. The missionary son is in Poland and a couple of years ago he was in charge of a mission get together in Prague. Met a lady from HQ in Michigan who had come to do the children's ministry. Got to talking and "Where are you from?" and he said California. Where in CA? La Habra, near Disneyland. "Well, so am I, grew up there. What church did you go to?" and he said he started in the ME church but they switched to Granada Hts. Friends in La Mirada when he was quite young. She about fell over and said that had been the path of her family and developed her folks had gotten saved in the Bible study we had at the Whiteheads. Smallish world? So you never know, just keep at it.