Dear Dolores:
Would you believe it? I have been right here studying since 3:00 this afternoon. That is what I get for putting off my preparation for Sunday evening. It really isn’t a matter of putting it off so much as it is the lack of time. I hardly know when I could have found time to do it before. Perhaps I’m not exactly prepared yet, but I feel sure I have the mind of the Lord as to the message of the evening. I will be preaching from John 12:32. I will admit that it was a bit hard to know just how a text of that kind should be treated. I am attempting to emphasize the last part, “...will draw all men unto me.” It would be needless for me to explain here the truth I hope to be able to impress upon the minds of the people. You will have occasion to hear this “preacher” next Sunday, I hope. After you have heard him once or twice you may never care to see or hear him again. I sincerely hope that won’t be true.
Today I had a quarterly meeting which included a communion service this morning. Since I am not yet qualified to administer the sacrament I had hoped to have Uncle Albert from Hillsdale be here, but this was also his quarterly meeting Sunday so that was out. Consequently, I did the preaching had had had the retired minister you have heard me speak of here conduct the communion service. He is the one who will be preaching for me next Sunday night. Isn’t that kind of him? I think it is.
Say, Dolores, I have a suggestion to make for next Sunday, that is providing you are going to be here. Perhaps I should say a request. Now don’t say “no” will you? O.K. Here it is. Would you please plan to sing a special number in the service here next Sunday morning? I can hear you making excuses already. My plan was to wait until you got here to mention it, but then you could have the excuse that you weren’t prepared. Don’t worry about the people here being critical. If they were, they would have a different preacher. I would appreciate it very much if you would plan to do that and I am sure the people would. How about it?
It seems like as time goes on the more I have to do. I don’t mean to be complaining but some times I feel like “Woe is me!” It seems like I will never get caught up. Just this morning I was notified that I was to speak at the November meeting of the Allegan ministers. What that, revival meetings next month, and my own work here and probably I will be working some in the Penny Store, I wonder how I am going to get it all in. Did you ever feel that way? There must be a way out. And of course I have corresponding obligations which I couldn’t neglect. At least I don’t intend to.
Tomorrow I hope to complete the job of painting here that I have been wanting to do for so long. I may not be able to get it all done, but I am hoping there will not be much left to do. You see I won’t have to take time out to get any breakfast so I can get up real early (about 5:00) and start right in. I might even get one room done before I have to go to the hospital. It will be necessary for me to be there for at least two hours.
Time out until after church...
9:15 Sunday night
Hello Again!
I just turned my radio on and there is being a hymn sung that we used here in my evening service. There are quite a number more voices on the radio than there were in church. In spite of that I think we had good service - even in spite of a poor preacher.
Before church this evening one of the ladies came to my door with a package for me. It was nearly time for service so I didn’t take the time to open it then. Just a few minutes ago I opened it and guess what I found. Food, of course! It included fruit salad, cookies, cup cakes, and two large pieces of fried chicken! Can you beat that? Did I eat! I’ll say I did. I’m not to eat any breakfast in the morning so I really made the best of it. I am sure I will survive until lunch time tomorrow.
When you receive only one envelope you may think you are getting only one letter, but you will find I have written one each day and am enclosing both of them in one envelope. I want to write my sister tonight so I better bring this to a close.
Good night Hun!
Yours with love,
Ted
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