Mother's Day and before

Catching up, Dave and I had a lovely lunch with Janie and Julie. Julie had just returned from a pilgrimage to Jordan and Jerusalem. She did the 12 stations of the cross. Says there is a book about it. If,when we go, I'd like to get that book and do the same. She also had an Armenian monk lead their group several stories below the usual level of the main church to see an ancient carving of a ceremonial boat. Sounded fabulous. They saw the pillar of salt that was Lot's wife, the baptism site of Jesus in Jordan, Lot's cave, the site of Sodom and Gomorrah at the end of the current Dead Sea. She gave me the email address and name of their guide. Someday we'd like to go back to Jordan and just see all the Biblical sites, see more of the Christian mosaics in Madaba,and more of the Saracen and Christian crusader castles. Jordan is a fabulous place. In a couple years an Roman site where two armies stayed should be open to the public. It's along the King's Highway. We saw the site and their work on it.

We've been eating outside in the heat. Love it. But no one has been out until Sunday night when Stacey sprayed me with water over the wall. Missed the computer though. So we talked about NYC for awhile and enjoyed visiting. Also enjoyed lunch after church with Joe and Jean, Anne and Jim. Didn't talk about anything important, mainly Dave's cooking secrets and Jim's starting a new chapter of the Optimist club in Marana.

Writing the address is going so well, thank you Father. A quarter done and on track for the goal of first draft by May 20. Original goal was 1400 words per day. But couldn't write for 2 days because of practice and busyness with errands and tasks. Bought Dave a new min-computer for $50. Steal of the century and he loves it! Praise God. He was resisting it before. Now he has his own internet connection anywhere in the US through ATT, and it is small enough that he can throw it into his carryon and take it with him without taking up too much room. Anyway, now the goal is 1600 words per day to make deadline. Did that Sunday, amazing since so much going on. But God is good and obviously God has things that must be said in this address.