Good Morning Wrabbits.
WOW.... lots of rain, tornados, flooding on the East coast. Some of those pictures on the Weather Channel were unbelievable. Hope that Bill & Rita and anybody else that lives over there is alright.
This "new priest" and his wife and 3 kids are coming with their CLOTHES and vehicle. The parish they were at for 7 years owned the house they were in and all the STUFF in it. So if we didn't furnish this leased home they wouldn't have anything. They don't make enough money (YET) to buy all this STUFF themselves.
I'm with you on that statement DAVE. But you just can't plop them into a house with NOTHING inside of it. Lots of our Serbian Orthodox parishes have homes fully equipped that are OWNED and run and paid for by the church. We here in Detroit got away from that years ago by giving the priests a opportunity to buy their own homes with a "interest free" loan from our church. Our current priest OWNS his own house and maintains it on his own. (his is now paid for) Their salary is higher than the "new priest" who we are LEASING a house for now. Who knows if this guy is going to want to stay here. (like he really has a choice) The Bishop places these priests and they kind of know what their in for when they signed up to become a priest.
So, this is why we're furnishing this EMPTY LEASED HOME for them.
We are doing the minimum, but if you look around your kitchen you need a lot of things that add up to get through the day. Dishes, glasses, silverware, pots & pans, plastic containers, dish towels, etc, etc. There were a ton of things we DID NOT BUY. They'll be getting donations from parishioners in the form of Gift Cards to grocery stores, etc and they can buy things like table cloths, kitchen rug if they want it, placemats and FOOD to fill the refrigerator.
Look around your kitchen and pull out a drawer and see just how many gadgets you have in them. It's crazy.
We have organizations in our church such as the "Mother's Club, Pensioner's Club, Choir, etc that have donated money from their individual treasuries to help pay for bigger items needed. I know it seems like a lot, but it's what we do. Not that I'm a big fan of any of this.
The little Priest as I said before is young and opinionated on some things from what I've heard. Should be a TAD MORE HUMBLE. Ha Ha.
Hope you're feeling better today Dave since your visit to the doctors.
LEE: Hope you're doing well also. Lot on your mind these days. Just keep planning for that 5K Fun run at Disney. Sure hope they open the borders soon.
To the rest of you.........enjoy your DAY! I'll be back later.
Jill just called and asked for a Ford Motor Co "PIN number". Her lease is up and she's getting another new TRUCK today. It's times like this that I would be talking to Tony about just what she's getting, etc, etc. Tony did love his TRUCKS. Hope you know we still think of you TONY. Miss you.
