I have a friend named Brian. He is one of the coolest guys I know. Okay, I think he looked cooler when his hair was long, but he is no less cool for having "grown up" and cut it off. You know what cool thing Brian did today? He showed up. Yep. Showed up. Practically unannounced. Right here in Philippi. He just showed up.
He was in the neighborhood and just dropped in. Brian lives in Pensacola, Florida. Okay, he was vacationing in Canton, Ohio and then Wheeling, with another friend of ours, his mom, Janice. She's mighty cool, too. After all, she did birth and raise Brian. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Philippi isn't on the way to Pensacola. These too cool people (no misspelling here, all ye "bee-heads" out there) came two hours out of their way to visit us.
This is an extreme way that we take seriously the command to not forget to assemble. Today we assembled. Got together. Not just existing in the same general vicinity, mind you. For about five hours we knit ourselves together. Brian's amazingly encouraging spirit served to remind me that God has done amazingly cool things for me and in me and through me, and He is still at work in this way today.
For me, it echoes back to another time, a couple thousand years ago, when those Jesus-people were going out of their way to be knit together. In those days, those who saw them said, "Now that's cool. They really love each other!"
Others have visited before. Others are still to come. That's cool too. This time, it was Brian's turn to represent all those who love us. The Saporitos owe him our debt of gratitude. In that he listened to God and then did what He told him to, we all do. That is always cool.
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i will tell you
one of my moms favorite dishes is baked macaroni and cheese we stoped at a restaurant on the way up and she ordered mac and cheese it was so bad she didn't have a second bite
we went to one of our favorite cafeterias (melmans) and they did not have it on the menu that day (bummer)we show up at your house and well what da you know
laura is making baked mac and cheese for lunch
what a blessing for my mom thank you
that was cool
i also had to listen to her rave about it for at least 50 miles out of philippi
when laura cooks
e.f. huten eats
was the joke going out of town that day
thank you guys for the great hospitality we had a good time and will plan on staying longer next time
princess and buster can have tea again
gabe please keep me posted on follow up with tim
and thank you for offering to help please call if you need help or more info
YES!!!!!! Laura IS an awesome cook!!!!!!! Okay ... I'm hungry ... can you send something down so my girls eat more than frozen nuggets with pasta tonight???!!! (Yeah ... they've won ... I've degressed ... got tired of fighting the food battle ... they won ... and they know it ;)
Can't wait till we can visit ... alone in the van for how many miles with my girls who hate to travel? Ummm ... I guess it will be awhile ;(
its worth the trip im so glad we went
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