LAST NIGHT I WAS AT THE PRAYER AND PRAISE AT CHURCH. FOR THOSE THAT WERENT THERE YOU MISSED A GOOD TIME. DONT WORRY WE'LL DO IT AGAIN. THERE WAS A CONVERSATION I OVERHEARD THIS PAST WEEK, IT WENT LIKE THIS: "PAUL I GUESS THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU, WE'LL BE IN HEAVEN" PAUL JUST SMILES. "IM GUESSING THAT YOU'LL BEAT ME THERE UNLESS GOD HAS OTHER PLANS." AGAIN PAUL JUST SMILES, AND SAYS "I HOPE ITS NOT TOO LONG FROM NOW" IT WAS SAID TO MY GRANDFATHER FROM DAVID SKINNER, A MISSIONARY AND FRIEND OF OUR FAMILY. I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE. IT WILL BE FIVE OR SO YEARS UNTIL THEY COME BACK ON FURLOUGH AND AS MUCH AS I DONT WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT, HE, MY GRANDFATHER PROLLY WONT BE AROUND ANYMORE. THOUGHT OF THE DAY THE HIGHWAY OF LIFE ALLOWS U-TURNS AT AN TIMES YOU DONT HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SIGN |