A Personal Note from Keith

The Lord needed a whale (or a great fish ) to get Jonah's attention.

He only needed a chicken for me!

Jan and I arrived home late after ten days away. I ran down to Kroger to get a rotisserie chicken for supper. Jan got sick the next day. A day later that mean bird got me!

Fourteen days later, including eleven in the hospital, I was out and on the road again.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR MINISTRY FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS FOR THE CALLS, CARDS,VISITS AND PRAYERS.

Here are a few things I learned while in the hospital.

1. Most television programs are immoral, utterly stupid or could be used in lieu of water boarding to extract information from hardened terrorists.
2. The medical profession has a profound fascination with patient "outputs".
3. A cracker, cup of broth, green jello and red "ices" are a gourmet feast after six days without food or drink.
4. A cell phone and laptop make a fully functional remote office possible. I even got to listen to classical music while I worker.
5. "Room Service" (nursing personnel) is especially attentive at midnight, 2 A.M., 4 A.M., etc.
6. Medicare has its problems but is a great blessing to those of us of a certain age.

The best lessons of all:

1. God is good..all the time.
2. The ETS Staff and volunteers did a great job in my absence.
3. I enjoyed a good time for reading, reflection, evaluation and planning for the future.

Thanks again for your partnership with us.

Keith Jones