Thursday May 27th

It is a very good day as it is my best friend Hmingtei Hmar's birthday. She is my best friend since June 1984 precisly on a Sunday afternoon at Church in Kolkotta, India. It is also a wonderful day that reminds us all in my family that God is so deeply kind and loving to us that Nutei lives. 7 years ago today Nutei was hit by a bus in Bangkok, Thailand. She lives to tell the story of God's healing power. Today she was offered a job by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar as Office Administrator. She will begin working on June 15th. God is good! and we give thanks. For the first time since Sabbatical started on May 1st, I went to out from home today. I went to visit and lunch with my friend Eddie Bellis, the new pastor of Cyprus Presbyterian Church, Fort Myers Florida. I drove parts of the way at 100 miles per hour. It was a lot of fun. The conversation was most delicious and the breafast he treated me to was very tasty too. On my way home I drove by Addison and Ford gardens. Beautiful looking. I will return to visit that plae but with Will in the future. The drive home was slow on a rout called 41 or Tamiami. I stopped at my favorite TJMAXX in Venice and bought a beautiful round platter for serving whole roasted chicken for $9.99 + tax. Unbelieveable as it is worthi $90 made by Lenoxx. My lucky day! My soul was norished today by a visit with my friend Eddie. Oh, yes we were class mates at Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, VA class of 1992. Loooong ago.