Mission: Action!

I've been busy, really busy the last few days. Called to action. I attended a wonderful quilt show on Friday, a close-to-home Guild show, not my Guild. It was delightful in every way! These are details from a charming original quilt based on stick figures, it was a captivating calendar-style quilt. I am unacquainted with the quiltmaker, but have put her on my "Mission: action" to- do list! (I've gotta meet this gal!) I already know we'd have much in common, her quilt spoke to me! I spent that day with two good, long-time friends. It's been too long... really; we had a fantastic time, including lunch and enjoyed every single minute. When we arrived back at the home of one of these friends she invited us to her back yard to witness the devastation of this week's wind storm... a tree that had crashed onto their back deck. They don't have a chainsaw. I called my husband, no problem; we have three! Mission: action... ! (There was a reason I went by there yesterday!) I spent this morning at a conference gathering of our church's womens organization. There were thirteen churches represented at the conference gathering, it was a picture-perfect morning in every way and the attendance was the best in recent memory. We broke into small groups for Bible study, the topic should have come as no surprise... there are no coincidences: "Women in Mission: Called to Action" Hey, I'm on already on board, not a problem! I arrived home to find a message on our answering machine, from our retired pastor, our 'Pastor of Visitation'. He has deep connections to Blacksburg, VA and Virginia Tech. He was calling to inform me that our council president is out of town for the weekend and that I, by default, was "in charge". (I am VP of congregation council). I had to laugh at the pronouncement; but, he had a greater reason for calling me: to request an official endorsement by council to dedicate next Sunday, 29 April, as Virginia Tech Sunday in our congregation. I told him I would handle that. Mission: action. Yet, again! I sent out a group e-mail to the council, on behalf of our now-known-to-me absent president requesting us to stand with the Virginia Tech. family, and with the larger Blacksburg community, as fellow Lutherans in support of the churches, the families and Lutheran Campus Ministry there. We'll be wearing maroon and orange next Sunday, and we'll be doing that proudly! Called to action, living the mission... how can we do anything else? I'll be posting more photos in days to come of the quilt show. There were the most stunning examples of piecework and an utterly incredible Baltimore-album style quilt that requires a post of it's own. I'll do my best to give it the just accolades it deserves... after all, I've been called! Called to action, it's my mission these days!

Life is Good!