cream of mushroom soup

Did you hear all of those popping noises across North Augusta on Wednesday afternoon? Those sounds you heard were the opening of cream of mushroom soup cans all across town. Casseroles were being made in full force when news of the following story spread through the area.

A few days ago my next door neighbor (Beth) had to take her hubby(Curtis) to the emergency room because....umm, let's just say his stomach was not pretty. He ended up in day surgery with plans of getting his gall bladder removed by laparascope. At Curtis' workplace, those who get a papercut are off work for six weeks and undergo physical therapy before they come back. Beth was hoping that Curtis' gall bladder surgery would get him off work at least until spring break!

While I was in the waiting room with Beth, inventing stories that were getting more exaggerated by the minute, the doctor came in and said that they ended up doing a full surgery to remove the gall bladder. If they had waited another day or two, the gall bladder could have possibly ruptured, putting Curtis in a very dangerous situation. We got on our phones to share the news with Beth and Curtis' Journey Team and the sounds of those soups cans being opened could be heard for miles.

Do you have friends that you can count on in an emergency without even having to ask? Are there people who you can share life with in the good times and bad? TrueNorth Church has Journey Teams where small groups of people meet on a regular basis to grow in their faith and their relationships. Signups are on Sunday mornings and now is the time to get plugged in. If you are not part of a Journey Team, you are missing out. Commit to at least trying out a group or two. You will wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

In case you were wondering, Curtis is at home recovering now and the casseroles are lined up in the refrigerator. Maybe they will have enough to share with their next door neighbor!