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“Now as they were traveling along, He entered a certain village; and a

woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. And she had a sister

named Mary, who moreover was listening to the Lord’s word, seated at His

feet. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up

to Him, and said, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all

the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.’ But the Lord answered and said

to her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;

but only a few things are necessary, really only one, for Mary has chosen the

good part, which shall not be taken away from her.’” (Luke 10:38–42)

One of the most fun things for outside parties was my cooler. I had a cooler on

a stand. I always had a sign on it saying, “Aunt Nicki’s Cooler.” I had small sodas,

juice and water bottles on ice. The kids all knew that they could each take a

special drink from “Aunt Nicki’s Cooler.” It warmed my heart when they’d run

up to me and politely ask if they could have a drink. Those kids have grown

bigger now but they will always be dear to my heart. We had inside events there

too and even built on an addition room to be able to have a larger room for

people to hang out. It was 28 by 28 feet with shelves on one side, a fireplace

on one end and surrounded by windows and French doors to the pool. It was a

great place to host events. I admit I loved sharing my yard the most because I

love being outside.

Sometimes we can do simple things for others. When our son, Nathan, was in high

school he wanted to invite a few friends over to swim on the last day of school. A

small group of about five of his friends came over. I quickly started grabbing things