10th Anniversary (Pastor Bob)

10th Anniversary (Pastor Bob) 04/14/2011

I need to say "Thank You!" to the whole church family for remembering my/our 10th anniversary of serving the Lord together here at the First Baptist Church of Peru. Diane and I realized it had been 10 years on the day before the anniversary. Our conversation went something like this:

     Di:   (Starting a conversation while two rooms away.) "Hey, Bob, know what?"

     Bob:  (Cringing in anticipation of receiving another "F" on a Read-My-Mind-Man-Quiz.) "Huh?
              What's that?"

     Di:    "Its our anniversary- ten years tomorrow!  Remember?"

     Bob: (Upon hearing the words "anniversary" and "remember", Bob places one hand on his
              palpitating heart and the other hand over his mouth as a wave of nausea hits him while his
              vision narrows and begins growing dark. Speechless.)

     Di:    (Coming into the room where Bob is located.) "Tomorrow, we will have been in Peru for
              ten years. Remember?

     Bob: (Wiping a drop of sweat from the end of his nose while breathing Lamaz style.)
              "What?...Oh..Yah...Yah!...(Spoken in a slow confident tone)..... I knew that."

     Di:    (Wrinkled forehead; questioning look on face) "Why are you sweating and breathing so
               hard?"

     Bob: (Standing tall while simultaneously sucking in stomach, lifting chest and, ever sooooo
              slightly,tensing biceps.) "Uh,just been working out. Hit it pretty hard, big weights. You
              know, the usual."

     Di: (Eyes crinkle while spining on heel and mercifully vacating room without
            justifiably extracting the called for pound of male ego.) "Kay."

That was about it! We really hadn't given our anniversary much thought.  Please don't misnderstand what I'm trying to say here. My family and I have been blessed; it has been a great 10 years. Its just that we are so encouraged and excited about the future at FBC that we hadn't really spent much thinking about the past. The past has been good, but the future looks great. God has been at work. To me, that is the real thing to celebrate.

Your concern and care for my family and me is amazing and humbling. The gifts and pitch-in were wonderful. Thank you.
We continue to look forward to serving Jesus here with all of you.

Bob, Diane, Andrew and Seth

Comments

Aaron

04/15/2011 10:03

We're glad to have you chief!

Lance

04/15/2011 19:48

Those 10 years have gone by too quickly! We are so thankful for your leadership and friendship. You have been a true blessing for our family.

Jimmy Cover

04/15/2011 20:38

A pleasant surprise to see the 10 year anniversary of our Peru FBC pastor upon FB. I am proud to be a part of our church and look forward to the next ten years, if the Lord is willing, of course. Congratulations Pastor BOB and Di!

Carla Trigg

04/15/2011 22:02

I have to admit, I was somewhat skeptical about starting to go to church again... My past experiences at church were rather unpleasant (long story).... But since the moment I walked through the door at PFBC, I have felt deeply moved by the warmth and compassion of everyone there... God truly did direct me in the way I should go!!!

Bob Myers

06/22/2011 07:12

Bob,
You are a great pastor. I mean that sincerely and I've known a lot of pastors. First Baptist is certainly blessed to have you and you are blessed to be with htme. I thoroughly enjoyed my two years with you and miss you a lot. Seems like things are going very well at PFBC. That makes my heart glad.

Your narrative post was hilarious.

Blessings on another ten years,
Dr. Bob