Another Successful Lock-in

Well, planning and implementation ARE the keys to a fun and successful lock-in.

I had yet another lock-in and training with the church acolytes. The same kids who came along to the Washington National Cathedral all came to the training and lock-in. We had loads of fun and games....some training.....and then went to late-night "cosmic" bowling. I must say we were all quite pooped by the time we got back to the church. We all readied for bed, ate cookie dough, popcorn and various other snacks and watched a movie. By 1 a.m. or so, we were all sound asleep.

My good buddy Lee was one of the helping trainers. He also spent the night as one of the adults with me. Also had the mother of one of the acolytes stay. She was awesome as well.

Went to Shoney's for a nice big, filling breakfast...then home to unpack and SLEEP!!!! As nice as sleeping on the floor of the parish hall was, I slept with Lee's daughter, Bea. She's a cover stealer!!!! It also got rather chilly last night. Let's just say that I didn't sleep all that well. My bed at home was a very welcome respite.

I have managed to get quite a bit of laundry done.

Had a great surprise. I'm in the middle of cooking supper, when my daughter and "pseudo-daughter" (neighbor) come in...."Mom, there's a man outside asking for Jeff & Kim Heath". Well, hubby and I go outside and lo and behold, there stands an ex-college classmate of my husband's. We hadn't seen him in over 20 years!!! He live in Puerto Rico and was back in Bristol for a College reunion (which he found out AFTER he got here had been changed to April!). He thought he'd look up some folks he hadn't seen in so long. Hubby and I were dating at that time but he found out we had married through a mutual friend. He looked us up in the local phone book and just showed up at our house. What a blast!!! He's a really nice, neat guy and it was wonderful to see him again.

When we first saw him on our front sidewalk, he said, "I knew I was at the right place when I saw your daughter. She looks just like Kim. This has to be their house." Funny people tell me my daughter looks like me. I don't really see it. But I guess she does. I take it as a GREAT compliment. She is drop dead gorgeous. I'm not gorgeous any more......but 20-something years ago, I wasn't too shabby.

Well, I've digressed here. Need to get my buns to bed so I can get up for church in the morning. We're including a commissioning service in the our late morning HE service. Commissioning of all the acolytes and leaders that is.