Sunday Update!

Kelly and I missed our New Hope family today, and after we played cards tonight we called Dewey and Rebecca to see how the day went over there in McMinnville. Rebecca answered the phone and said, "Well, it's been an interesting day!"

First, from what I hear, y'all had a good Sunday morning there without me, with good worship and a good sermon (I look forward to hearing it later), not to mention good attendance and even a good offering--in August, no less! (Kirk, I'm sorry I missed your song, but I hear you did a great job with it)! I prayed for the Sunday morning service, and I'm so glad God answered in a positive way. I'm also glad I'll be back to worship with you next week.

Unfortunately, the softball game later in the day was eventful in the wrong way! A week ago (on Monday) Dewey got in an accident while riding his motorcycle in town. He was feeling a little bit of pain in his right arm/shoulder, but he thought it was a minor injury. Well, Sunday afternoon, after pitching a few innings with our softball team, Dewey threw the ball to second base and apparently everyone in the infield heard a "ping" sound of some kind. Turns out his right arm actually broke in the crash and the bone separated on the play to second--ouch! So off the Bertolini's went to the hospital where the good doctors drugged him up pretty good and gave him a temporary cast. Alas! I'm sure Dewey would appreciate your prayers for some speedy and effective healing.

By the way, Bruce Scanlon stepped in to pitch, and even though he walked four batters, the "New Hope Hitters" still won the game! (So for those of you scoring at home, I'm still the only losing pitcher we've got--swell)!