9-7-15 Monday Harriet's video Link

Busy days! Really great service this morning at church. The praise and worship was most excellent.

We said goodbye to Jim and Jeanette Sunday afternoon and they will be heading back to Oregon. Remember Jim is Harriet's brother and Jeanette is Jim's daughter. We had a great time with them and I'm so glad that they came.

Sarah came over to our home Sunday evening and she, Daniel and I went through picture albums. I'm going to include one picture that I took a picture of.

It looks like I'm trying to strangle Harriet, but from the look on her face she's enjoying it. Picture was probably taken 20+ years ago, judging by the amount of hair my head.

Sarah is heading back to Ohio today. She will be missed. Actually, we don't want to let her go, we've had such a good time with her.

By the way, Paul was telling me that there was a problem with the live streaming and it didn't come out 100% as expected. He's working on setting it up so that you can view the service for Harriet from our website. I will let you know when it's completed.

Here is a link to the church web site and it should take you to the video link, Harriet's video is number 3.

http://www.mbcsd.org/index.php/video

Maranatha,
Frank

9-6-15 Sunday

It has been a long day. We did what we planned and paddled out at 5:30AM. The surprise was when Dr. Brad and his wife Glory showed up about 5:00AM. They drove all the way from San Francisco for the paddle out and for Harriet's service.

Yes it was still dark when we paddled out and the waves were building to a big swell. The sets were about head high. But we all made it out safely. I signaled the people on the cliff with a waterproof flash light that I had tucked into my wet suit. Said a pray and spread Harriet's ashes. There were about a dozen people that had paddled out.

We surfed for an hour and then had to load up and head home to prepare for the service. I am going add a few pics.

Daniel and I getting out of the water

 Daniel and Dr. Brad

 The Crew on the Cliff

 

The service went very well. It lasted just about exactly one hour give or take a couple of mins. Because I think we started a couple of mins late.

I don't have any pictures yet, but Rocky counted over 350 people in attendance. All very nice people. All great people!

I think that is it for now. I greeted people for two hours after the service. Pretty tired and I am preaching this morning.

God bless you my Friends,

Frank

9-5-15 D Day

Well today is the day. It will be busy. We spread the ashes this morning at Zero dark 30. Then the service starts at 11 AM.

Yesterday morning we actually went out to breakfast with Sarah, Daniel, Joe, Hilda and the family. Very nice time. Then for lunch I took Spence and Lee Ann and Daniel and Sarah up to Red Robin, that's the 1st picture.

The 2nd picture was taken at Joe's home and we are all having a meal together. It's very nice to spend this time together. Yesterday was Harriet's and my 44th wedding anniversary.

Hopefully the service will go will this morning. I've asked Kathleen to take some pictures and hopefully I'll be able to show them on the blog tomorrow or the following days.

I hope you can make it to the service, but if not you can view it on live streaming at: www.mbcsd.org     Service starts at 11 AM sharp. The link will be live 10 to 15 minutes in advance. Just go to the link and click on Harriet's name.

Maranatha,
Frank

9-4-15 Friday

Yesterday evening we met over at Sonrise. The men set up all the tables and the ladies came and put up the centerpieces. This is where the food will be available after the service. So many great people that are willing to serve, it's truly a blessing.

Sarah arrived late yesterday. Our son Joe and Daniel picked her up at the airport. It's quite amazing the logistics of doing something like this. When my father died and we had the service for him, there was nobody coming from out of town. My dad had outlived all his contemporaries.

Daniel and his little sister

Spencer D and Lee Ann are coming in this morning sometime and Jim and Jeanette are flying in this evening. It took all the preparations are in place for the service on Saturday morning.

Just a reminder as to location it is at Sonrise Community Church, 8805 N. Magnolia, Santee California. The service starts at 11 AM sharp if I have anything to say about it.

Maranatha,
Frank

9-3-15 Thursday

One more hurdle behind me. Tracy D. from church worked hard on this bulletin that we will hand out on Sat. morning. But when I tried printing it on my Inkjet or color Laser printer at Staples the color is off compared to what you see of the same picture, but on the monitor.
I went back to Office Depot and asked them if they could help with the problem and they did. So they printed up all the bulletins.
I have to pickup Daniel today and take him to an appointment. Sarah arrives tonight. And the Ladies from church are going to prepare for the Sat. service. They are setting tables and I thank them for their hard work.

Maranatha,
Frank

9-2-15 Wed.

Still trying to get the bulletins printed up for Sat. You know it looks good on the computer monitor, but when I pint it out on my Inkjet printer, Harriet looks like she has a red glow. When I took it to Staples the color was better, but Harriet looks like she has that sprayed on tan look. So I guess you will have to wait until Sat. to see how it came out.
This is a picture of Harriet and little Joe. Who is little in the picture, but I am sure he is over 200lbs now. So this was taken about 17  years ago.

 You know I am going to have to start house cleaning. I have relatives coming starting on Thursday, so I need to clean everything. This will be interesting. I will let you know how it comes out.

Maranatha,
Frank

9-1-15 Tuesday

Good morning!

I was writing the blog's in the evening and posting them before went to bed but my good friend Larry complained, so now I'm running it in the morning.

We are starting to get Daniel into the mainstream. He received his California ID on Saturday and yesterday we went to the bank to open up a checking account in a secured credit card. It's just that there are a lot of things that need to be taken care of that we take for granted, because we've done them over the years as needed. It's just a little different when you have to do everything all at once to become a member of Society.

Just trying to get everything prepared for the service on Saturday, that is my main goal, along with helping Daniel. The above picture is my dad and Samuel.

This picture is of Harriet and our good friend Autumn Flores.

That's it for today. I hope that you have a fantastic day and remember: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths". Proverbs 3:5-6

Frank