Summer time is a time to sit back and unwind. The sun is out, pools across the city of Petaluma are open, and the Marin/Sonoma County Fair was in town for five days. Mmm, funnel cakes and cotton candy. Unfortunately, my companion and I were not involved in any of these activities but we still kept ourselves busy throughout the week. For the most part of our week we have been busy trying to get in touch with the people we teach regularly. A lot of people have been hard to find at home or to simply call and schedule an appointment with.
With it being hard for us to schedule appointments or meet with people, last Monday was an unordinary day as we noticed many people were coming to us. It first started at 5:30 when our dinner appointment had something come up and to compensate they decided to give us a giftcard to a pizza place here in Petaluma. We entered the small pizza shop and realized that it must have been cooler outside. My companion wanted to leave because he could not put up with the heat; while my stomach was growling and I was hoping to get some food, he was more worried about how stuffy it was and how "icky" it felt in there. While we were sitting and deciding whether to eat there then or at another time there was a guy who was placing an order and he too also seemed bothered by the temperature of the pizza place.
After he received his order, he came over to us and began to talk to us. He mentioned how his foster son was a member of the church and he admired our service and example although he himself was a Roman Catholic. Before he left he threw down some money and told us to add it to our bill. We insisted that he keep it, but he refused saying that he knew that we would be better off with it. Shortly after he left we decided to put the giftcard aside for another day and split the money to eat from any fast food chain's value menue.
As we peddaled around and came to a red light a man named Tom began to ask us questions. We engaged in conversation and he found our answers to be enlightening and uplifting. He asked that we write down some of the things which we shared for him to refer to later on and he was grateful to have came across us. He shared how he was on his way home from work and he had a prompting to pull off of the highway exit and come to the spot he met us at, which he visits a couple times a week. Tom attends another organized church down in Novato. What he will do is sometimes stand at this spot with an American Flag and a banner which reads, "In God We Trust." You have to admire Tom for what he does, especially in a place like Northern California.
Well these are just two of the four experiences we had last Monday. I also wish to share more about Crystal but I am just about out of time. We have not seen her around town during the last week which gives us the impression that she arrived safely to Garberville where she plans to start a group founded on similar beliefs and interests and where she plans to start her own business which would make and sell fairy dresses. She's a nice girl and it we were glad to see her a second time where we were actually able to help her set some long term and short term goals for her to get her life to where she wants to be.
That's all my time for now. I wish you all the best. 'Til next week.
With love!
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