Weep With Those Who Weep...

This morning, after Mom took off, I had to scooter over to a funeral. A dear brother from our church lost his father due to kidney failure. His father was a smoker and had poor health, but still, his passing was most unexpected! He was only 72. This brother has experienced a lot of grief in these past year. His mother passed away just last October. This brother and his wife lived in our JingLung Road house for almost seven years and just bought a house. They were in the process of moving when the father passed. So, that's why we were going over to help with the moving and cleaning. 

At the funeral I learned several 'superstitions'... First, they give away towels which were wrapped on the arms of the relatives. This is for you to use when you weep. At the end, the relatives who want to can walk to the back to view the open casket. Not all will do this as there can be 'bad omen'. When you view the casket, you cannot look back or else his spirit won't leave this earth. He will think that he is missed by others and return. 

I did not stay for the cremation that took place right after the service.

I scootered home and went for a quick run and cooked dinner!

I had tutoring this afternoon, so on the way home, I went to the library and picked up the books.

Alan and Abby had basketball this evening. Isaiah had tennis practice. Mom was home and enjoyed her dinner. I also had to give her a shower. After she went to bed, I worked on editing my talk notes and reviewing the finished chapters of the new Bible study materials.

Daily Lovely Insight:

Paul’s First Missionary Journey (Acts 13:4–14:26) – (Circa 46–47)

Barnabas and Paul first visited Barnabas’s home region of Cyprus before sailing to the southern region of Asia Minor. When they reached Perga in Pamphylia, John Mark left the group and returned to Jerusalem. Making their way to Antioch (in Pisidia), Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe, Paul and Barnabas were driven out of each city by jealous Jewish religious leaders. Later they returned by the same route, strengthening the new churches as they went. From Attalia they set sail for their home in Antioch of Syria.

Paul’s Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36–18:22) – (Circa 49–51)

Paul and Silas revisited the places in Asia Minor where Paul had preached on his first journey (cf. map), while Barnabas took John Mark and sailed to Cyprus. Paul and Silas visited Derbe, Lystra, and Antioch in Pisidia. From there Paul and Silas traveled to Troas, where Paul received a vision of a man from Macedonia calling to them. Crossing into Europe, they passed through several towns along the Egnatian Way and traveled to the cities of Athens and Corinth in southern Greece. Then, sailing to Ephesus and Caesarea, they visited the church in Jerusalem before returning to Antioch of Syria.

Paul’s Third Missionary Journey (Acts 18:22–21:17) – (Circa 52–57)

Paul’s third missionary journey traversed much the same ground as his second. Passing through Galatia and Phrygia, he proceeded directly to the great port city of Ephesus. After three years of preaching and teaching there, Paul traveled again through Macedonia and Achaia, strengthening the believers, and then finished with a visit to Jerusalem.

(Information found and copied from a web site!)

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