Granted it's only been two weeks, but my oldest son had a talk tonight and I wanted to be there to support him. Couple of funny things...
- Shunned as expected. Forgot to shave off my van dyke first though, and forgot to not dress in all black like Johnny Cash, black Oxford, black pants, showes, socks, belt, blazer. I must have looked evil.
- I asked an attendant to let my son know I was there as I didn't go in until after the CBS was over. The elder that was the head my JC saw me and saw my son walking toward me and practically ran to get there first and shook my hand and asked if everything was OK. I said "I don't know, I just got here. Is everything OK?" Right then my son got to me and I said "Excuse me, I need to talk to my son" and I turned to my son with him standing there and said "Hey bud, just wanted to make sure you knew I was here like I said I would be. I know you're going to do a great job and I wanted you to know I was here to support you. I love you." Then I turned back to the elder and said "Sorry, I just needed to talk to my son for a minute. What's up, what can I do for you?" He just said "I wanted to say good to see you" and then left. I wonder what he thought I was there to do, kidnap my kids, take them from the hall....as Bug Bunny would say, "What a maroon"
- Based on this weeks bible reading, from 2 Kings 12:4 and 5, our retired CO special pioneer said "This shows that Jehovahs arrangement never changes, back in those days they had account servants and contribution boxes just like we have today." What a maroon.
- I was shunned. Shocking, I know.
