Giving Thanks during City Quarantine

 November has been quite interesting so far.  The month began with a thanksgiving service at church. The regular thanksgiving service was delayed by one week because Mariana, who creates the beautiful displays, was sick for a few days, but after she recovered, the ladies decorated the sanctuary beautifully with a thanksgiving theme.  We were surprised and honored that our picture was included among those on the display.  During the service we sang songs of praise and thanks to the Lord and many people gave thanks to God for His goodness this past year.  Mike preached about giving thanks instead of grumbling and complaining like the Israelites did in the desert.

Mariana designed the display and several ladies helped build it.

On Monday, we spent quite a bit of time rearranging our airline itinerary because our last flight was changed, not giving us enough time to make the connection in Chicago.  Instead of complaining, we gave thanks that the problem was worked out and that we had plenty of time to do so.

Just a few days later we were able to practice what we heard on Sunday morning again because the entire city of Gherla was placed under quarantine for 14 days due to a sharp rise in Coronavirus cases.  We essentially returned to the restrictions we were under in the spring lockdown.  We are not to leave our homes except for work, buying food, daily exercise and other essentials.  When we do step outside our gate, we must take a paper with us stating where we are going and why. We could complain, but we decided to be thankful. We thank the Lord that we are healthy, that the church members are healthy, that we have a good home to spend the quarantine time in, that we have all that we need and that the restrictions should last only 14 days.  God is good. and He is in control.