We had a lot going on for one weekend... but the timing of everything... the working of everything... and having my mom around... God did it all!
We had a lot of newcomers and what the Lord had put upon our hearts to share worked perfectly.
We finished at 11:50 and Alan was in a taxi by 11:51 and he got to the train station right on time.
We had bought his train ticket for Hualien as the Soochow Faculty and Staff had a basketball tournament going on this weekend... the same weekend as this retreat.
Thus... you understand why I was so busy prepping for everything... and why I write that God did it all!
Alan was a bit distracted, thinking about how his team was doing on the other side of the island. If they lost early on in the tournament, he would not play at all.
But they won and will be in the top four. He made it there to play the 3 o'clock game. In that game, their top player, DongFang partially tore his Achilles... He was taken to a hospital in Hualien and a specialist flew in from Taichung to operate on him! This was pretty major... Alan will have to carry the weight of the games for tomorrow!
I had to drive back home... And again, I say, GOD DID IT ALL. As many of you know... driving is not something I do with ease... and much less in the rain from a new place...
We got home and had so much stuff to unload and put away. The kids were a big help.
We had dinner and Mom was in bed by 5:45! She was exhausted!
We spent the evening relaxing... and I did a load of clothes... and of course, checked email and am now blogging.
I hope to sleep early tonight... If only I can sleep in...
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I can't believe Alan still plays basketball as that is a real fast game. I pray for him.
ReplyDeleteWe always ask when he comes home, "Blood or no blood? Bruised or no bruised?" He just loves playing way too much to stop!
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