Monday, August 23, 2010

Good Trip to Tennessee

We had a wonderful time in Memphis. Two and a half days of hanging with our Tennessee grandkids and their parents. Got to play golf with Josh. Took the kids to Chucky Cheese (my 1st experience there). Truitt absolutely had a blast. Ate delicious pork barbecue. Celebrated Noah's birthday. We will celebrate our anniversary later.

Yesterday was especially good. The Sycamore View Church of Christ is a wonderful body of believers that have encouraged our weak knees in many ways in these last 6 months. I was blessed to be able to preach at both their services, and Beverly and I were interviewed by Josh during the Parents of Teens class. That went especially well.

Thanks to so many of you who prayed us through the weekend. In some ways, 6 months seems like only a few days. The full reality of life without our precious daughter still has not fully sunk in. Beverly reminded me that Saturday was not only Noah's birthday and our anniversary. It was also Jenny's 22nd spiritual birthday. She was baptized on August 21, 1988.

Our doctor who sang over Jenny as she went to be with Jesus sent us an email attachment of him singing "It is Well With My Soul." What a gift and what a blessing.

Today is Malaya's 1st day of 5th grade. She and David will be on my mind all day.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Rick,

I'm so glad you had a great trip to TN, it sounds like y'all had lots of fun times! And what a blessing to have such an amazing doctor...I was really surprised to read about his gift to you. That's just so neat, and VERY thoughtful! I still pray for your family regularly, and now, especially for Malaya's upcoming school year. I hope it is a great one for her!

Also, Grant and I will be celebrating our 2 year anniversary soon...we'll be heading to a nice quiet cabin in OK. I thought you would like to know we're still going strong.

With Love,
Ginny [Mickelson] Robinson