Friday - Food Pantry Morning and Busy Evening!

Ken and I do not walk on a Friday, but leave by 8:45 to serve at the Food Pantry.  I had a nice chat with Cindy, my sister, on our way.  They are in Brownville, TX and have not had good weather - cold, rainy and windy!  They should have temperatures near 80 starting next week, at least they hope so!  

The Food Pantry went well, but we still had very little produce or fruit.  Ken and I decided not to go out to lunch with the group because we had to go for groceries and we would be heading to Rick and Joyce's around 4.  So, we went to Wal-Mart and were back to Wilbur around 2:30.  We visited for a short time with Ernie and Noela and by 4 we were on our way to Venice.

Ken and Rick drove to Bayside Church main campus near Bradenton and met several other men there, some from PA that Ken knew, and others who Rick knows through the church!  Once a year they have Men's Night at the Church and this year there were about 1500 men there - imagine!  They were served jambalaya for dinner, followed by praise music, a former NFL Super Bowl MBP player, Derrick Brooks, spoke, as well as Carl Lentz, a minister from Hill Song Church in Manhattan NY. It was an exciting evening for the men!

What a huge pot of jambalaya!  Ken said it was delicious!

Joyce, Barb, Marilyn, and I went to Burgundy Square Restaurant in downtown Venice for dinner while our husbands were at the Church.  It was the 1st time any of us had eaten there and the food was so good and our waitress, Jessica, was amazing.  Only down side was how noisy it was for talking!  They do have outside dining, but it was way too cool to be out there.  We hope to go again with our husbands when we can enjoy the outdoor seating!

We went back to Joyce's and we taught Marilyn how to play double deck pinochle.  After some practice hands, we played a game and Joyce and Marilyn won.  She was a fast learner.

The men returned around 10:15 and we all left for home.  What a great time all of us had!  Thanks, Rick and Joyce!