Micah Dudley (2002-2007) Returns Home!!

Andrew Raffety and Joshua Ellinor joined us Saturday night for our activities. Yvonne was fixing dinner and the rest of us were in the living room talking when the doorbell rang. We wondered who it could be because we weren't expecting anyone else to come over.

I went to the door and to my surprise there was Micah standing at the door. We hadn't seen him (except on Facebook) since 2007! As I stood there with my mouth hanging open Micah said, "Is this an active duty only party, or can a reservist join in too?" After inviting him in I called Yvonne. She was just as surprised as I was! As she gave him a big hug he said, "Hi Ma!"

It was so awesome to see him again!

Yvonne made fish sticks supper...a recipe she got from the internet and watermelon. Then we had ice cream sandwiches for dessert.

Our game for the night was RISK! The game of world domination.Andrew and Josh had this non-aggression pact between each other. So you might be able to guess who they went after all night! I felt like saying "Why's everybody always pickin on me???" But they were having fun and that's what counts!

Early in the game I took Yvonne out. Then Josh took Micah out of the game. And then Andrew took me out. The final battle was between Andrew and Josh. Josh won!

It was a fun game. But it was really fun to look up and see Micah sitting across the table again!

Then today (Sunday) Micah joined us for lunch again after attending worship at Churchland Assembly of God where he reconnected with some other friends he knew when he was here.

Today Yvonne made fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, and home made white bread for dinner. Dessert was her signature apple crisp. We probably all gained five pounds today!

After dinner we just sat and talked in the living room, reminiscing about old times. Then we got to talking about some scripture passages about staying focused on Jesus especially in the trials we go through.

We shared prayer requests around the room, took turns praying for each other, and then before we knew it, the afternoon was over.

We drove Josh back to Oceana Naval Air Station with a short detour through the Dairy Queen drive through for chocolate dipped cones with chocolate ice cream!

Great weekend!