January 4th

It is the first Sunday of the New Year and I must admit it was a bit disappointing. Normally I pick up 15 kids on my route EVERY Sunday they are very consistent. Today no one on my route came to church! I struggle with punctuality and that happens to be one of the things I am really working on this year so I got up extra early to ensure I would be on time to Sunday school. I was on time but no one was there! The other van got to church 45 minutes late- because the other van driver didn’t show up- he always shows up. It just seemed like one of those days. Last Sunday there was hardly a seat available in the chapel and this Sunday there were plenty available! The youth were all a bit dis-engaged this week. It was like everyone was in a funk! One of my key leaders for bible bowl just didn’t show up and one of the others was an hour late! 4 of the teens came nearly an hour late too and none of them were alert and ready to learn. Oh and also since we do bible bowl and youth group directly after church someone different brings us lunch each week. I saw this person while I was teaching my Sunday School but they left during church before I had an opportunity to check in with them - I didn’t know if they had gone to get food for us or if they had just left. We waited and waited- they just left. I guess they forgot! We got Little Caesars. Another bad diet day.

We were also supposed to have Corps Council as it was the first Sunday of the month. But there were NO members there. It was only the officers and Marcia and so it would have essentially been a staff meeting. Mind you there were some valid excuses one the families were at the hospital as their grandchild was being born, one couple had an emergency at the apartments they manage, and some were out of town. It is still disappointing to not have even one member show up!

I think it was especially disappointing since this is the beginning of a whole new year. I really pray this is not an indicator of things to come. The worship was good as always, and the sermon was good. It wasn’t a total loss but it was not as usual. After I took everyone home I went back to the church and took advantage of the quiet to get some projects completed I was working and working and then looked up and it was snowing really hard. I gathered my things and headed out. A good inch had already come down and it was snowing hard!

I got home around 6:00 and Tabitha invited some of the young adults from church over for dinner and games. I really love our young people and genuinely enjoy hanging out with them and had a great time. We stayed up way too late visiting and now I am trying to unwind and get some rest. School resumes tomorrow and it is going to be a full day.