Winter is here

It is finally here. The Lord’s Day is actually here. I have been waiting all week and it is here. Still waiting for the Lord to come again, but at least, it is the Lord’s Day.

Winter has come to the OK Panhandle. It is 28 degrees. I just had to defrost the thick ice on my car windows and when I put the car in gear, the message on dash board said “Ice possible on the road, drive with care”. Even my car knows that it is slippery. I was in my car this early in the morning (7AM) so I could move it back in front of the house where I usually park. It was parked on the side of the building because of the big Centennial Homecoming Parade in the wet cold yesterday.
This herd of Long horns lead the Parade and it was feared they might do damage to vehicles parked near the street. To appreciate what these cattle went through yesterday you have to put a 29 degree temperature and a little wind with light mist and then put a few flecks of white stuff in the mix. It was one cold parade!
All the other activities had a bite to them as well. Everything that could be moved inside was, except the football game. OPSU has been playing football for 90 of those 100 years. They celebrated with a win. That was the only warm feeling that Homecoming was able to supply to folks. That was one cold football game. I was only there for minutes and decided it was too cold for these old bones. I can hear my friend, Wayne Stewart, announcing and the crowd cheering from my house and with my binoculars, I can keep up with the score. 21- 14 is a nice end of a cold Homecoming day.

Snug inside the Library was the newest member of the Kravig family. Judd and Jannet Kravig are some of our favorite Bible Chair alumni and Jocee is the two week old newest addition to the family. I had a cold when she was born and I wouldn’t go see her so this was my first close up view.
Sweet big sister, Jade, was watching the parade from the warmth of the library door.
I hate it when our students graduate and leave us. It has been a blessing that Judd and Janet came back to Goodwell, and continue to share our lives and let us play with the kids.

The week was cool and cloudy most of the time, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the students. I had the most fun teaching Bible last week. I was teaching Romans in my New Testament Survey class and I got carried away. Part of my fun was having my computer back up and running but mostly it was having such a rich book to teach from. I believe you can teach a person everything he/she needs to know to be saved from the first 6 chapters of Romans and I taught that part in real depth.

The Liberal Church brought the food and smiles and served about 155 at our Outreach meal. It was cold and wet outside but they brought stew and cornbread to warm the inside. What a blessing! I will share some of the leftovers to my group tonight. It will be just the perfect thing again.

This will be a short week at OPSU. Fall break starts Thursday. I have classes in the afternoon on Wednesday until 3:40. Somehow, I don’t look to see a large number in that 2:30 or even the 1:00 class. Just as soon as the classes are over, Ruth and I will get in the car and head for Red River, NM. Ruth’s Mom is up there now and we will spend the long weekend with her. It has already snowed a little up there. I will take waders for fishing, but plan to spend large amounts of time reading by the fireplace. I am not praying to be snowed in, but if it happens, it happens.

I don’t know what the Lord has planned for us to do this week, but each day holds some pretty exciting prospects.