This past week, the LORD has again blessed me with good health, safe travels, and another wonderful week!

With the LORD’s help, I have been able to continue my healthier eating plan and to walk 2 miles per day 6 days per week.

I have lost 33 pounds since early March and seem to have “leveled off” over the past two weeks. Again, what I have done is to not eat any restaurant food at all, eat lots of salads, and I have cut out donuts and most snack foods in addition to walking two miles per day almost every day.

I call this my “don’t be stupid” diet!

I continue my trek through the New Testament and today, (9/8) I read Galatians.

I am also enjoying more prayer time for my family and friends than before, and all-in-all, I feel better than I have in a long time.

Last Wednesday, I met with Pastor at Church for a couple of hours and talked about the ministry of “coaching.”

I took two fairly long drives this past week with the longest being to Bishop Hill northwest of Galva, Illinois.

On the other trip, while I was walking around in the Steenburgen Cemetery near Mt. Pulaski, (Pastor Clyde Shreve is buried there) I found two graves of Revolutionary War Veterans and the grave of an Indian War Veteran!

Last Sunday, I had planned to visit a Church in the Springfield area, but learned that they are meeting outside; and at Church time, it was thunder storming and raining, so I watched services at FBC Atwood “live” and was really blessed!

As the LORD allows, this coming LORD’s Day, I plan to visit one of the three churches that Atwood First helped to plant over the past ten years and see how they are doing. (The last time I checked, they have more people coming to worship than FBC Atwood!)

I had a wonderful surprise yesterday! Reverend Frank Marshall called me to let me know he saw in the Illinois Baptist that I had retired and he wanted to let me know he was thinking of and praying for me!

Today, September 8^th, 2020, marks the 1^st Anniversary of the passing of my dear friend Dr. Dennis Shaw.

Please pray for Kathy and their family as you think of them this week.