Birthday Weekend!

Well, yesterday I turned 60 years old. Saturday evening my StepMom took me out to Gorat's Steakhouse for a steak dinner. A friend, Nancy Stauffer, went too. We had a nice meal and then went to the Burger King to have chocolate sundaes afterwards to celebrate my birthday.

Yesterday morning I went to Sunday School and Church and then went to "Step Out and Serve 2009". About 6,000 people from about 30 churches in Omaha spent part of the day in community service around the city. I went to the Open Door Mission, a Gospel mission for the homeless in town. They had about 500 volunteers today at that site alone.

I was on bus 22, one of the many buses from my church to go out into the city and one of two buses from my church that went to the Open Door Mission. We were each given a box lunch so we could leave just after the second church service.

I was one of about nine or ten who worked in the kitchen helping to prepare supper! After a few hours work we were bussed back to the church where we got our vehicles. I arrived home at about 5 pm. I was really glad to be able to see the Open Door Mission. I remember in the mid 60s when I was in High School and our Youth Group would go to the Mission to hold services in the chapel. The Mission had moved since then and I had not been to the "new" site. It's actually 40 years old now so I guess it is not new!


It was a good Birthday weekend and I am thankful. I am especially thankful to the Lord for giving me these sixty years!