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Skriven 2009-11-03 20:46:28 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA
Ärende: tea for two
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> Big for New England anyway; we get about 450 out on a Sunday
 RH> morning a
->  RH> fair bit of the time.  The actual member rolls are smaller.  We
 RH> turned
-> We ar
en't even a quarter that size.  Maybe 1/6 or so. But, we get to
-> know more people better that way.

 RH> This is true.  We're big for this area, but down south would be
 RH> considered on the average side.

Depends; you have some mega churches and some small ones.  But, a good
number are about what you run.  In the southwest, it's more the small
church is the norm.

->  RH> out about 300 this time around with more coming in.  We're also the
->  RH> local collection point this year.

-> Boxes to the rafters?

 RH> Boxes to the semi trailer in the parking lot.

All filled with goodies.  Hard candy makes a nice odd space filler for
the older kids boxes.

->  RH> Turns out it's a sinus infection.  I'm safe.  Not happy, but safe.

-> Not really contageous but when we were in Berlin, every time Steve got
-> one, I came down with one soon after.

 RH> True, but you probably found ways to get a lot closer to him than I
 RH> will to just about anyone.

Most likely so.


->  RH> But not for anyone else.

-> For now, kids that start school early & have to wait out for the bus are
-> doing it in daylight.

 RH> There is that.  Some high school kids come home after dark though.

Usually it's easier to see them than a grade schooler because of the
size.  (G)


->  RH> Parts of this week aren't supposed to get out of the 40s.  Brrrr.

-> Definately hot soup, stew, oven roasted whatever weather. We're cooling
-> down; I think Friday night it's supposed to be close to freezing.  We
-> may have to pick those tomatoes.

 RH> We've already had a hard freeze.  Anything left out there is tough
 RH> stuff.

A few hundred miles north makes a big difference.  Steve is pretty sure
we had our first frost the other night.  The farmer's market closes at
the end of this month until April.



... Always butter up the SYSOP, they taste better that way.

--- PPoint 3.01
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