SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
I’ve written before about the “serendipities” that have happened in our lives. I really enjoy them. And a lot of them are related to church. With the Air Force, we’ve moved around quite a bit, and so have been members of many different churches. As result, we occasionally come across either someone we knew before, or someone we have known in common. I really love that kind of thing!
For instance, just recently, I saw on facebook that some friends of ours from our church in Heidelberg were in town,
Heidelberg Castle
The building where Grace Baptist Church met – photo by Fred Wills
doing the Disney
Credit Pixabay
and Universal parks
Credit Pixabay
I made the comment to her, after some of her pictures, that we wished we had known they were in town…we would have made an effort to meet up with them. She replied they hadn’t known we lived in Orlando, and that they were in town for a few more days and their schedule was quite flexible. And so, several days later, we met up at our favorite BBQ place.
Photo credit Judy Wills
They and their oldest daughter met us there – and we discovered it has been 39 years since we had seen each other! WOW! God is so amazing to bless us with friends that we have kept.
And another serendipity happened while I was Church Secretary at South Orlando Baptist Church here in Orlando.
This couple (Ted and April) came into the office one day…new to our church and community…and said they had just moved here from Virginia. They had a lawn service here, but also had some lawn equipment they didn’t need, and thought the church might could use it. I told them we had a lawn company as well that did the church’s lawn care. And then I told them that we had moved here from Virginia, as well, and what part of Virginia did they come from. They mentioned the Hampton Roads area – which was near where we had lived. I mentioned we had lived in a small town, Seaford, just eight miles south of Yorktown. They replied they also had lived in Seaford. I mentioned we had been members of the Seaford Baptist Church, and they replied that they had been, as well.
Seaford Baptist Church as it was when we lived there.
Copied from the cover of a pictorial directory
I said that we had really enjoyed the Sunday School class, mainly because of the teacher, Larry Edwards. Ted nearly fell on the floor and said, “WHO?” I said Larry Edwards…and Ted said…(wait for it)…that’s my brother-in-law!
Such a small world! Larry and Janice came down to Florida at one time, and we met them at our favorite seafood restaurant for a visit. When Ted and April arrived, they looked at the four of us, and said “it’s really strange seeing you all together.” Again, God is so very good to bring people into our lives where we can become friends…life-long friends…and have the assurance of seeing them when we all get to our heavenly home.
And I doubt we would have had any of these connections without being part of the church. God is so good!
WE….ARE THE CHURCH!
~~~~~~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
Old Things R New 
You’re still on a roll. Very nice posts.
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