64 ~ The Eagle

By Kay Heitsch

While we were still waiting for our house to sell, we enjoyed helping at the church.

I helped with VBS. The summer I helped, the theme was "Team Up With Jesus." I've thought about this theme often. What an excellent way to understand God's grace and Good News.

Every week on Sunday, the church's altar was decorated. You could sign up and supply flowers, etc. We chose either Todd's birthday or the day he died to have the altar decorated.

Since the day we chose coincided with Boy Scout Sunday, I wanted things to be red, white, and blue. Bill planned to sing On Eagles' Wings.

I thought it would be a good idea to have an eagle placed on the altar. I wasn't sure where to find one, then I thought of The Eagles Club.

One morning, I walked into the Eagles Club and was happy to see an eagle statue. I asked if, by any chance, I could borrow it for next Sunday to use on the altar. I think the person in charge was surprised, but agreed to let me borrow it.

Later in the afternoon, I went to the church to help with a dinner for the Glowing Embers, an older members group.

When I walked into the church kitchen, someone said, "Someone saw you coming out of the Eagles Club this morning." News travels fast. I guess they were curious why I was there. No one was expecting to hear the reason why I was there.

Jo was in charge of decorating and did an excellent job decorating using the eagle.

Time moves on. I'm now thinking about how our grandson Eli is very active in the Boy Scouts and is working to be an Eagle Scout.

Thankfully, God is still bringing good out of Todd's death.