Welcome to my Days 11 and 12 of my 30 Days Challenge. I was gone all day yesterday and too tired to work up my page, so I decided to just combine yesterday's day with today's.
From October through May, the Damascus Baptist Church hosts a monthly meeting for the widows in the area. There is Bible time, music time, lunch time, and fellowship time with one another. The Bible time is conducted by another widow. We select a hymn to go along with the devotion. Lunch is prepared by the pastor's wife, who likes to add a personal touch to the meetings with delicious, homemade meals. And the ladies can fellowship during and after the meal. And, depending on how early they arrive, they fellowship before the meeting begins. It is a sweet time and I captured the ladies just enjoying one another's company.
Originally, there were going to be seven ladies that I was going to "chauffeur" to the meeting, but after the van was rented, two cancelled. It was going to cost half as much to cancel the reserved van as it cost to rent it, so we decided to keep the van. The last lady I was picking up met us at our church. And the fun began! We could not figure out how to move the middle seats forward so someone could get to the third row of seats. I squeezed through the opening, fell into the seat, legs flying into the air, hair all in my face! The comment one lady made was, "It's a good thing you don't have a dress on, Vicky!" Thank You, Lord! It's the little things, right?!
I pulled this and that, tugged and pushed but could not get the seat to move forward. So, I apologized to the youngest of the passengers who was elected to ride in the 3rd seats, and she squeezed through the opening. I selected her to sit there because she is the one who goes to the Y every day. She was fine!
After we arrived at the hosting church, the pastor greeted us. I asked him if he could help me figure out the adjustment of the seats. To my total horror, the first thing that happened was the back of the seat flopped down and hit him in the head like someone had sprung a trap door! OOPS! After he figured out the sequence of what bars and buttons to push, he showed me. Voila! I apologized, gave him a hug and told him I hoped he didn't end up with a headache! I had parked near the steps to unload the ladies, so I hopped back in to move the van and he told me to just leave it parked where it was! I think he might have been afraid it would explode on me or something!
Once inside, I found the ladies in full, greetings/hugs/conversation with anyone already present. We had ended up following a modular home down the road the last leg of the trip, so we were running about 15 minutes later than I usually arrive, so I scurried around to get the Bible verse sheets passed around and setting my Bible and notes up on the portable podium I use during the devotion time.
No matter how prepared I "think" I am, when I get up in front of those ladies my mind goes blank! I don't profess to be a public speaker, but for some reason, the Lord nudged at my heart that I needed to do this since I, too, knew what it was like to be living life as a widow, even though I have married again. So, I have to let the Lord take control of my mouth and my heart and mind so that He guides the words that come from my lips. I dread it and I thank the Lord for the opportunity at the same time!
After the devotion and the singing, lunch is ready! And what fun to watch the ladies fellowship together during the next hour! Laughing and sharing with one another, they can forget whatever troubles widowhood throws their way. But, I think if you asked them, each of them would only talk about how blessed they are!
So, today, I am meeting the pastor at Avis where we got the "limo" I used to transport the ladies to the meeting. It certainly was a nice ride, but too many bells and whistles for me! Yesterday, while traveling down the road, I noticed that the steering wheel was "tugging" in a different direction.....to keep me between the lines on the highway! So I wondered it it was a self-driving car. So, I released my hands. Sure enough, the car stayed between the lines.....even in a curve! That is too much for me! It did finally give me a warning to place my hands back on the steering wheel! OY VEY! What will they think of next! Just give me the standard, drive-your-own-self vehicle! I did finally figure out how to turn the "tugging" off!
Here is my page for yesterday and today. I will begin a new "set" of pages tomorrow. Thanks again for stopping by!
RULES:
- Specific rule/s: Scrap in any style you like…..any size you like.
- Please use 80% Oscraps products that are currently in the store.
- Non-Oscraps products or retired O designer products can be used whether the designer is selling elsewhere or not.
- You need to credit all the products used on your layout.
- You need to credit the source of any photo(s) as per the Gallery Guidelines.
- Your layout can not be used for more than one challenge.
- Post your pages in the Member’s gallery by midnight PST November 30, 2025 and linked back to this thread (see below on how to add your linked layout).
- No rewards will be given…..just the kudos for finishing the project!
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Adding a linked layout from the Gallery to a thread:
1. Upload your layout to the gallery first. In your forum post click the Gallery Embed icon (little camera).
2. This will open your gallery, simply click on the layout you require, then scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click the Continue button.
3. Your linked layout is now in your post, the image will appear once you have clicked the Post Reply button.
From October through May, the Damascus Baptist Church hosts a monthly meeting for the widows in the area. There is Bible time, music time, lunch time, and fellowship time with one another. The Bible time is conducted by another widow. We select a hymn to go along with the devotion. Lunch is prepared by the pastor's wife, who likes to add a personal touch to the meetings with delicious, homemade meals. And the ladies can fellowship during and after the meal. And, depending on how early they arrive, they fellowship before the meeting begins. It is a sweet time and I captured the ladies just enjoying one another's company.
Originally, there were going to be seven ladies that I was going to "chauffeur" to the meeting, but after the van was rented, two cancelled. It was going to cost half as much to cancel the reserved van as it cost to rent it, so we decided to keep the van. The last lady I was picking up met us at our church. And the fun began! We could not figure out how to move the middle seats forward so someone could get to the third row of seats. I squeezed through the opening, fell into the seat, legs flying into the air, hair all in my face! The comment one lady made was, "It's a good thing you don't have a dress on, Vicky!" Thank You, Lord! It's the little things, right?!
I pulled this and that, tugged and pushed but could not get the seat to move forward. So, I apologized to the youngest of the passengers who was elected to ride in the 3rd seats, and she squeezed through the opening. I selected her to sit there because she is the one who goes to the Y every day. She was fine!After we arrived at the hosting church, the pastor greeted us. I asked him if he could help me figure out the adjustment of the seats. To my total horror, the first thing that happened was the back of the seat flopped down and hit him in the head like someone had sprung a trap door! OOPS! After he figured out the sequence of what bars and buttons to push, he showed me. Voila! I apologized, gave him a hug and told him I hoped he didn't end up with a headache! I had parked near the steps to unload the ladies, so I hopped back in to move the van and he told me to just leave it parked where it was! I think he might have been afraid it would explode on me or something!
Once inside, I found the ladies in full, greetings/hugs/conversation with anyone already present. We had ended up following a modular home down the road the last leg of the trip, so we were running about 15 minutes later than I usually arrive, so I scurried around to get the Bible verse sheets passed around and setting my Bible and notes up on the portable podium I use during the devotion time.
No matter how prepared I "think" I am, when I get up in front of those ladies my mind goes blank! I don't profess to be a public speaker, but for some reason, the Lord nudged at my heart that I needed to do this since I, too, knew what it was like to be living life as a widow, even though I have married again. So, I have to let the Lord take control of my mouth and my heart and mind so that He guides the words that come from my lips. I dread it and I thank the Lord for the opportunity at the same time!
After the devotion and the singing, lunch is ready! And what fun to watch the ladies fellowship together during the next hour! Laughing and sharing with one another, they can forget whatever troubles widowhood throws their way. But, I think if you asked them, each of them would only talk about how blessed they are!
So, today, I am meeting the pastor at Avis where we got the "limo" I used to transport the ladies to the meeting. It certainly was a nice ride, but too many bells and whistles for me! Yesterday, while traveling down the road, I noticed that the steering wheel was "tugging" in a different direction.....to keep me between the lines on the highway! So I wondered it it was a self-driving car. So, I released my hands. Sure enough, the car stayed between the lines.....even in a curve! That is too much for me! It did finally give me a warning to place my hands back on the steering wheel! OY VEY! What will they think of next! Just give me the standard, drive-your-own-self vehicle! I did finally figure out how to turn the "tugging" off!
Here is my page for yesterday and today. I will begin a new "set" of pages tomorrow. Thanks again for stopping by!
RULES:
- Specific rule/s: Scrap in any style you like…..any size you like.
- Please use 80% Oscraps products that are currently in the store.
- Non-Oscraps products or retired O designer products can be used whether the designer is selling elsewhere or not.
- You need to credit all the products used on your layout.
- You need to credit the source of any photo(s) as per the Gallery Guidelines.
- Your layout can not be used for more than one challenge.
- Post your pages in the Member’s gallery by midnight PST November 30, 2025 and linked back to this thread (see below on how to add your linked layout).
- No rewards will be given…..just the kudos for finishing the project!
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Adding a linked layout from the Gallery to a thread:
1. Upload your layout to the gallery first. In your forum post click the Gallery Embed icon (little camera).
2. This will open your gallery, simply click on the layout you require, then scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click the Continue button.
3. Your linked layout is now in your post, the image will appear once you have clicked the Post Reply button.
This is fun but I'm sure it makes no sense in some places 
But the butcher knife was the only one I had and I dont have any medical kits