Life's Little Surprises

Sall's latest job has been at 

an old country church...

Saint Placidus Catholic Church

is a lonely little church on a lonely little road...

Members have been coming to this church

for a century.

Today it has around 30 

members in the congregation

and they have voted 

to invest in a bathroom!

No longer will they have to rely

on the old outhouse when they come to worship!

Oh yes, it's been the talk of the county...

a monumental occasion in it's own right.

it's been a fun project to be a part of

and 

Sall has enjoyed meeting 

some of the church committee members

30 years of building and this is his 

first church bathroom installation!

You just never know what's coming

next out here on the prairie!

Tuesday the walls were finished and ready to be painted,

I headed over there with my paint gear and drove up 

to the front doors to unload...

I stepped out of my van and just at my feet was a message...

literally a MESSAGE!

There in the grass lay a fortune cookie message...

If it dropped out of someone else's pocket,

or if the wind brought it to this spot...

I will never know

but, 

I do know 

everything has a reason

and I needed these words

on a morning that I was feeling

dull and weak...

someone was watching over me,

and wanted to give me a message...

I got it

and for this I am thankful!