January 21. Thirty-second day of winter. Thank the Lord for a lovely day. Yesterday evening was a difficult one, but an opportunity to give the gospel to a neighbor. Shortly before time for us to go to bed, “J” came by for a visit. I thought he had forgotten about coming again since we hadn’t seen him for some time. We were able to give an explanation of salvation. He did not understand, as the scripture says, the natural man cannot receive spiritual things. But he did a lot more listening this time than last time, and the gospel was repeated several times by Daddy or Connie or me. It was quite late when he left, and Daddy and I were both over-tired. Neither of us slept until after 4:30. Finally drifted off and woke up around 7:30. Got up and had shower, breakfast, and quiet time. I didn’t need to hurry as I would be staying home with Christy while Daddy and Connie went to church. Daddy went back to bed for a while after his breakfast, and he and Connie went to the 11:30 meeting. Connie said she had slept okay so I was happy for her. We all listened to the early meeting livestream, and Christy and I also listened to the late morning meeting. Daddy slept again this afternoon for about an hour, and I slept about forty-five minutes beyond that. Felt a bit refreshed after that. Before supper, Daddy and I went off to the hospice center to visit James. It seems like a much more pleasant environment there than at the nursing home, and James looked clean and well taken care of. He said he knew who we are; and although he was too weak to carry on a conversation, he could say “yes” and “no.” Daddy read him John 3:16,17, and we asked James if he had believed on Jesus as his Savior. He said “yes” and Daddy asked if it were a long time ago. His answer was “no” which indicated to us that someone else must have shared the gospel with him. Then Daddy read John 14:1-3 to him as verses of comfort. The a/c went on and blew on Daddy’s head so I went over to the other side of the bed and stood with my back to the a/c to block it from blowing on Daddy. When Daddy was done talking, I asked James if he would like me to sing to him. He said “yes” so I sang “Jesus Loves Me.” It was a delight to see a smile come on his face. Very slowly he managed to get his hand out from under the sheet that was covering him and to shake our hands good-bye. We felt much comforted that he seemed to understand the gospel and to know that he is saved. I was grateful that there were only a few dishes this evening. Didn’t even need to use the drying mat as there was no overflow. Daddy took another nap this evening, and afterward we listened to an excellent missionary message by Pastor Pallotta of FBC in TN.
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