"I'll go out to the to the parking lot and get you one!" the kind stranger said as my husband was struggling to get the handicap cart to start. We had unplugged it, and it had started initially, but evidently it wasn't fully charged. "I saw one just outside," he continued as he left for the door.
It was the same quaint-looking, little man we had seen as we were getting out of the car. He wore a flat top straw hat with a wide, flat brim and farm clothing. We thought he might be Amish. Howard thanked him for bringing the cart. We were picking up a prescription, and after browsing the store while we waited, we ran into the man and his wife as we were exiting the store. The top of her long, grey hair was pulled back to let the rest fall around her shoulders.
"Are you Amish?" Howard asked after thanking them again, to which the man replied, "No, just a blood-washed, born-again child of God!"
"Then you know the Master!" my loquacious spouse exclaimed, followed by the response, "Not only that, I know the most High God!"
What wonderful people we are meeting in Georgia! The church services were amazing and packed to the brim both Sundays we were there! Coming home from town today we stopped with our grandson for a bite to eat. "Would you like fries?" the cashier asked as she took the order for hamburgers. Howard hesitated, then she said, "Oh, I'll just bring you some to the table so you can see if you like them." Plenty were piled on each plate, and they were the probably the best we'd ever eaten, and so were the burgers!
Saturday we had accompanied our RN daughter on an errand to her hospital in a nearby town. She showed us around her everyday environment, and I must say we were transported back to Howard's hospital experiences a few months ago! Afterwards, we found a store she had heard about, Ollie's Bargain Outlet. What fun! Carrying top brands of all kinds of new merchandise, the stickers showed reductions for as much as 90 per cent! Howard bought Bibles, and I found Christian children's books to include with the one I was sending our little grandson in Texas!
We are looking forward to going there again next weekend when our college granddaughter will be able to go with us. Plans are that we will also visit an antique mall there. Then a trip to see our oldest daughter for a few days in Tennessee! That will wind up our month of vacation. It will be good to get home again and resume our regular routine, but we are so and blessed and thankful for this respite away after a spring and summer of relative confinement during Howard's recuperation. The Lord is good!
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