Well, thank you. I believe you mean it. And it really is a joy to be here with our church family.

My wife is here, Betty, would you just stand up and come this way just a little bit

and just turn around so the folks can see the beautiful girl that God led me to

soon to be 55 years ago so the Lord can show a teenager something good. Did you know that?

You know I really look forward to being with you because this is an opportunity for me to

speak to the family. I came in a few weeks ago on the

early service on Sunday morning which is where Betty and I normally come or

we'll come to this one.

But I came in to announce that I had eye surgery.

This is the first time I've preached in about 15 years without glasses.

I keep reaching up every night to take them off. I'm laying in bed and I try to

take them off and don't have them. Get up in the morning and try to put them on, but I don't need

them. I had the cataracts removed and new lenses put in and I've got 20-20 visions so that's pretty nice

isn't?

But when I came in to just mention that I would be here this weekend I told you that it was a

rather sad time for us because on the 16th birthday of our little our little

Dachsham our little princess,

and I remember Betty Holden with our grandchildren

all around her saying,

Me, me, me, me, we got to take her home.

And she held that little black dachson up

and said, this is my little princess.

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