Busy week

This week has been a bit strange, had a number things that came up this week, but as a whole was pretty good.  Still not sleeping great, but better.  Sunday, our youth pastor shared about their adoption of a little girl who is hiv positive.  Heard that there maybe some people who will leave our church over this, don'e know who or how many, or if it is just rumor.  but do know that if it is true, I would not want to stand in front of Jesus having taken that stand. As my kids use to say " Thats just wrong".  Jesus said that if you do it to the least of these, you do it to Me and to My father. Hope that this comes to nothing.  Sunday morning was nearly in tears, as we sang "Since Jesus came into my heart".  I remember very well a Sunday morning 41years ago ( Sept.13, 1970) that we sang that song I could not get the words to come from my mouth.  I could not sing something that had yet not happen in my life.  Today I can sing it, but it still brings back memories of that day. It will always have a special place in my life.  I made a list of the songs to sing at my funeral, it is in my Bible, there are four of them, Jesus Saves, At Calvary, Since Jesus came into my Heart, and Satisfied.  It has been almost a year since we cut out TV, have missed it a few times, spent one Saturday afternoon at the fire station just so I could watch the Army-Navy game, but other than that, have not missed it much. We get some strange looks when we tell people, like what are you some kind of a nut! But the 60+ dollars that it costs, are better used in other places. That amount will support an african pastor for half a month.  I think that will do me more good than watch "Jersey Shore".  I do check the internet for news so have a little idea of what is going on in the world.  Still have my two firefighters trying to deal with their personal problems.  It is starting to effect moral in the rest of the department.  The one has lied to me at lest a half dozen times in the past few weeks, about where he is living, what he is doing, and that there is nothing going on with the other guys wife.  Wish they both would resign.  Later this week received news that the whole department may have been exposed to scabies.  Didn't know much about it, and what with HIPA rules they can't tell who, so had to tell everyone to watch for it.  I think from what I read, its worst than head lice, but not as bad as some other parasite infestations.  No one told me about this part of the job.  Have a class to  teach tomorrow along with another firefighter, than taking the family from across the road to a dinner theater at church.  Wife knows them better then I do, but will be chance to get to know them.  Have spent a lot of time this week thinking about department personal, how can I better serve them as chief,  thought I might have lunch with each one over the course of the year, and pick their brain so to speak.  Since my daughter move out of state, have not had a regular lunch buddy so to speak.  Really miss having lunch with her.  Guess I really just miss having my kids close.  With have of them 5-12 hours away, am very greatful for the ones that I do get to see a little more often.  As I have gotten older, I think I have gotten a little soft,  maybe it is just living with a person who is VERY senisitive to people and their needs.  But, now I find my self think of them, spending time just sitting and dwelling on the times we had together,  and praying for them.  Had just one run this week, a medical assist tonight, had toput the guy in  a stokes basket and put that in the back of the sheriffs pickup truck to get him out to where the ambulance was parked.  Well, need to look over the material for class tomorrow.