Today is our Pastor's 65 birthday. I have a surprise birthday party planned for him this evening at our church. Who knows if it is still a surprise? You know when lots of people know it is harder to keep it a secret!!! We took up a collection to go toward a train trip through the mountains. I guess that is something that he has wanted to do for a long time. I am excited about getting to the church and getting it decorated for the party!!!
Oh I have a little funny story. We were in church Wednesday evening. We usually sit toward the front (on the second row). Well, Margaret took her shoes off during church and had her feet up in the chair. Her tights are worn out and all of her toes were poking out. Dave leaned over and said to me "tell her to get her shoes back on.... what the stink???" I got tickled because of his reaction and then Dave got tickled. We were both working very hard to stay contained. Well, I guess our Pastor saw us bouncing trying to keep the laughter in. He was preaching away and then I heard him starting to lose it too. The Pastor got so tickled that he had to stop for a minute. He said "I'm sorry I just saw something that struck me as funny." He said "I don't know if I am going to make it through this." Well, he got control and Dave and I both got our laughter under control. The Pastor seemed to be back on track when I heard him starting to lose it again. He started chuckling and I lost it again. I was laughing so hard I was crying. We finally all gained control and I kept my eyes on my Bible the rest of the service. I didn't want to be a distraction (any more than we already had).
After church I went up to our Pastor and told him sorry for the little distraction. He said that he had only had that happen to him 3 or 4 times in all of his years of preaching. Well, if anyone can bring a smile to your face (or a laughter) it would be Margaret.
I have had that happen in church before. Something really strikes me as funny but then after church it isn't so funny. I was laughing writing this so I guess it is still funny to me. I threw those tights away. But you never know what she will do next!
I laughed until I cried. A blog is better for these stories. The little boxes on fb are not big enough. I did have 2010 blogs printed up in a book on blog2print.com last week. The book hasn't come yet, but I hope this works. It could be a wonderful way to save a journal and print it up at the end of the year. Thanks so much for the story. Also - I didn't see it show up on facebook yet. I might have to look at your profile. : )
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