Robbing A Church Is Just Wrong!

I am asking anyone that reads this to take time to say a prayer for my church here in Aberdeen, Cornerstone Church. I was just informed by my pastor the church was robbed sometime late Saturday evening. There is substantial damage to approximately six of the doors, $390 were stolen and some other damage that I am not aware of.

We have a very small church and a $1000 deductable on damages. Pastor Larry told me he believe with the wonderful men we have at the church donating man power, we may not reach the $1000 deductible, but it is still a hard hit to our small church.

I was told, the persons didn't take any of our equipment, so praise God for that, but it still is a bit unnerving when you think people will steal from a church. The church was being repainted by 2 wonderfully dedicated ladies and was really nice. It saddens me that someone could be so disrespectful.

It is my prayers that whoever did this, need the money much more that our church did and I know the pastors would not want me to think badly, but to forgive.

If you feel led to send our church a card to pick up their spirits or a few dollars to help alleviate the burden, I know they would feel blessed and you would receive a blessing! The address is:

Cornerstone Community Church 2008 Sumner Avenue Aberdeen, WA 98520.

Lady Washington in Aberdeen

The tall ship Lady Washington is currently in Port Townsend, Washington having its bi-annual maintenance completed and should have gone into the water today to check everything out. If you want to see more of this, check out Ryan (Evil Ryan) Meyers video on the Lady Washington site at http://www.historicalseaport.org.

I spoke with Ryan several times while working this past summer at the seaport and I am hoping when they pull into Aberdeen to be able to meet him face and face and thank him and the crew for the wonderful time my grand daughter had during her battle sail last month. Yes! She is still talking about it & here is another one of her photos from that sail.

Speaking of the historical seaport and the 'it's a small world,', I was substituting today at one of our local grade schools and during lunch I happened to look up and the chairman of the board of directors daughter was sitting next to me.

I said hello and asked her about her father and how he was doing and she said, 'I know you, don't tell me, you were at the seaport this summer.'

It is a small world!

If anyone is reading this and has not been on a tall ship and live in or will be visiting Washington state in the next week or so, I highly recommend you check out the dates she will be in port and stop by. It doesn't cost anything to just take a look around, although the do request donations and you can leave what you would like, but I would at least recommend a $5-$10 per head donation.

After all, the crew is taking up their chore time to give you a tour and answer your questions.