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CURIOUS GEORGE GETS A FAMILY

The softball team got home from Nationals in Georgia last night, tired but happy to have been tested at the highest level, finishing 24th among 140 teams. One of the two teams that beat them wound up a very close third, so that’s braggin’ rights.

They underwent a different kind of test than on the ballfield with their interactions with someone they met on the trip. Their motel in Columbus turned out to be the full-time home of a bit of a character named George. He was very curious and friendly, and not a little bit odd. Apparently, some of the other softball teams who were staying there from all around the country stared at George and made fun of him, but the Nebraska Firestix made him their friend.

A gent in his 60s with the fine speech of a well-educated man, he sort of adopted them. He would hang around the common areas and enter their conversations, bring them milk and burritos, and even invite himself in to their rooms when they would gather to watch TV or talk.

He seemed harmless enough, and money was no object – one father helped George carry some heavy stuff up to his room, and he wanted to “tip” him $100, which of course he refused. This wasn’t about that; this was about friendship for a lonely, square peg in a round hole. So they served him bowls of cereal and applesauce, and talked with him a lot, and on the last day, some of the girls made him a poster to remember them by.

He said he’s going to get a U-Haul and move to Nebraska, they were so nice to him.

Now we know why every other person in this state is a WEIRDO!!! This must have happened thousands of times before! Somebody tell the economic development people!

Just kidding. I’m very proud of how they acted, and know it gave Nebraska a good name with all who observed this kindness.

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Prayer request: Every time I get to feeling sorry for myself and my petty little burden of woes, Lord, You bring me blinding insight that makes me realize how blessed I really am. A friend and her husband went out to eat after church yesterday, and ran into an acquaintance who asked for prayer for her granddaughter, Morgan, age 6. Born prematurely with detached retinas, Morgan’s birth mother put her up for adoption when doctors said she would never walk nor think normally. This lady’s daughter and son-in-law adopted her. The girl’s retinas were reattached. Only one "took,” so she was blind in her left eye. But she walks and thinks just fine, and everything was OK -- until this past week, when her right retina detached. She is now blind, and the parents have been told that she may remain that way if the retina surgery scheduled for Wednesday is not successful. Lord Jesus, we can’t even imagine. We fall at Your feet and plead for her to regain her sight, so that she can see Your creation and also “see” Your love and provision for her. Thank You for the faith and acceptance of her parents and grandparents. Let Your eye be on them, for they hope in Your mercy. (Psalm 33:18)