Bad Days Happen Everywhere
Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 9:15PM Elise and I both had a bummer of a day. It happens and thankfully, not very often. Elise had a prayer group cancelled and only about half the normal number of ladies came to the house group. Plus, she is struggling as a new believer she has worked with is falling away. It isn't very fun to watch, listen to, or anything else.
My men’s group was the bright spot in an otherwise very frustrating day of working hard to accomplish next to nothing.
I drove all over looking for the right pipes to connect our new wood-burning stove to the chimney. Eight stores and several hours later I was ready for a nap; actually, there were other things I was ready for but I won't mention those here. It looks like I either have to drive to Austria (two and a half hours) for the right parts or go to a ‘limar’ (I have no idea what the English translation is but something like a metal worker but not exactly) and hire him to make them. It shouldn't be that hard, or so I thought.
In the midst of that, I paid bills. This is not as easy as you might think. I had to go to the post office, telephone office, and government bank in our city and the post office in another city. That would not be so bad except that every place had long, slow, really slow lines. Our organization has an empty house in Zagreb that I “manage” and one of our colleagues is in the States now, so I paid 22 bills today. It was a long day.
I have this great idea for a series of posts about straw men. However, I am too tired right now and it will take some thought. Maybe tomorrow morning I will get it started. Hopefully, I will be a lot more positive as well.
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