All kidding aside, we had a great luncheon at the church today. Roy Todd cooked his famous chicken bog (it is the BEST!!!) and Tory Brown cooked barbeque for us (it was really awesome, too!) Betty-Moore Bell made some of her homemade chocolate pies. All in all, we each gained about ten pounds.
We had an authentic Cajun as our guest . . . Dr Paul Gregoire. He is the registrar at NOBTS and is a New Orleans native. Paul brought us up to speed on the post-Katrina NOBTS and city. He is a good friend and did a great job representing today.
It was really cool to host several men who had such an impact on my ministry in early days. Men who invested in me and worked to help me make it. There were SEVERAL in the room today, and I am grateful for them. Ironically, I was counseling after the luncheon and the conversation kept pointing back to some of those men and some of those days. It really made me think about how thankful I am and how I can equip others for ministry.
Tonight, Diana and I went to supper with a three friends that were in New Orleans with us back in the day . . . That was neat, too.
On the other hand, Krissy thinks it is weird that I love conventions so much. I guess I understand that, because SHE doesn’t understand that seeing old friends is what I love about them.
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