We went to our friend Barb’s memorial service today. It was at Amazing Grace, where we went to church back in the 80’s. Our president of Faith Riders bought her motorcycle she called Jade. She was really happy to have it go to someone she knew would take good care of it and enjoy it. She had set up when she went on Hospice, to have him give her a last ride on her motorcycle (her ashes) after her memorial. We started out at our house at 10 a.m. and it was 30 degrees out. I was thankful for heated seats and warm biker clothes. We met at the church at 10:30 with Faith Riders. Lew, Cindy, Don, Ron, and Elaine rode their bikes too. Wes and Gayla were inside the church waiting. They came in their van of course. Isaac came in his car and so did Mike and his girlfriend. We greeted everybody, said hi to Pastor Joliet and talked to different people for a while, Then we went into the service. A lady, who I later found out was our friend, Kathy, who we went to church with there many years ago, read Psalm 34. Then the Pastor got up and said some words about Barb and led us in prayer. Elaine and Lew from Faith Riders shared about Barb. Then Joan Sample shared a lot about Barb. (She was a friend from long ago there too. She, her husband (who has passed away now) and her two daughters used to come over to our house. She shared so many good memories and many of the same things I would have shared about Barb, and many of the same things Barb had shared with me. Another couple shared about her too. All shared how she was rough around the edges and had been through so many hard things, how God got a hold of her heart and how she totally changed and was a faithful follower and witness for Christ. It was very moving because everyone there had experienced the same thing through knowing Barb. We were sitting by Wes and Gayla, and when the service was over we went and talked to Joan and shared memories and hugged. Then we talked to Kathy Daily for a while too. There were 12 of us from Faith Riders there. The church motorcycle group was there too and had a good turn out. We rode many miles to go to Barb’s favorite spot where she would spend time with the Lord in the summer. Her family followed us in vehicles. There was more sharing about Barb and then we sang How Great Thou Art, then had prayer and then we all left. It was nice to honor Barb’s memory and to rejoice that she had a personal relationship with Jesus and was in heaven with Him. We rejoiced that we would see her again in heaven someday. It sure is nice being assured of that. Jesus is the only way, truth and life. No one comes to the Father but through Him. Thank You Jesus!
We left and when we were getting back in our area, Bill and I stopped and he got decaf coffee and I got a French Vanilla cappuccino. We relaxed and warmed up for a little while before heading the rest of the way home.
I talked to Vikki a couple of times, Melissa a couple of times and Kenzie tried to call me while on the ride but I missed her call. Vikki came and took the highchair I had that is only for small babies and gave me her regular sized one to have until it’s needed for another baby. We read our Bibles and I washed out bird baths, fed the birds, and packed up my good hoses we got from the kids for Christmas a few years back. I emptied Kit Kat’s big water dispenser out and put her heated bowl out. We relaxed after that and I did my hand exercises. |
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