| Glad Midsommarsafton | Jun 20, ‘08 3:16 PM for everyone |
Today is Midsummer’s Eve. For once, the Midsommars celebration will actually be on the correct day. that is special.
This morning was my Swedish group. We did not get people from the Augustana convention. I was a little sad. But we did have the bishop from Karlstad Sverige & his wife. Their photo is posted here today. Names are Bishop Esbon & Kathrine Hagberg. The program was to have been our 99 year old minister. He did not show. I asked Pr. Hagberg to tell a little of himself. He spoke for 45 min. Wow!!! He was our program. We all asked him questions. He is so very nice & humourous. And he spoke to us in God’s language, better known as Swedish. I understood parts of it. It was such an honour to have them. And I am honoured that I was in charge.
I was at the church by 830am. I never knew there was an actual 830am!! I had the coffee perking by 9am. There were 2 vases of flowers leftover from a coffee last nite. I borrowed them. Made our food buffet look very festive. I had planned on cleaning up alone, but I was pleasantly surprised when the 2 hosts — Ione & Leroy — plus my cousin Kathryn helped. It went very fast. I am thankful for them.
We got good news about my cousin who we thought had a brain tumour. He son is a cardiac surgeon in Kansas City. He ordered that her MRI results be sent to one of his colleagues. They think she may have had a small stroke. Not a good thing, but much better than a brain tumour. She is having tests today & more in a couple of weeks.
After group, I got a text from Joshua so I met him & my friend Charlotte for lunch. So much nicer than eating alone. My waiter friend still remembers the Swedish I have taught him. And I try an occasional Spanish word. We had a fun lunch & then I had groceries to buy.
Tonite is a concert. I look forward to it.
Our weather is very nice Midsommars weather today. There are some bad storms way to the west. Hope they stay there. It is like a daily event now.
Willie & a helper are working on machinery today. I am sorry that Bill is not here. And I am worried to death about why he is not.
