Message-ID: <14511930.1075842273625.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 07:43:00 -0800 (PST) From: dan.hyvl@enron.com To: bettye.langham@excite.com, pat.radford@enron.com, becky.spencer@enron.com, jenny.helton@enron.com, kaye.ellis@enron.com Subject: FW: Letter from Grandma--funny =) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Dan J Hyvl X-To: , Pat Radford, Becky Spencer, Jenny Helton, Kaye Ellis X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Dan_Hyvl_Dec2000_June2001\Notes Folders\Sent X-Origin: HYVL-D X-FileName: dhyvl.nsf >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > >>I got a letter from Grandma the other day and she writes: >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >>The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw >>a >> > > honk >> > > >if >> > > > > >>you love Jesus bumper sticker. I was feeling particularly >>sassy >> > > that >> > > >day >> > > > > >>because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, >> > followed >> > > >by >> > > >a >> > > > > >>thunderous prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put in >>on >> > my >> > > > > >>bumper. >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >>I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost >>in >> > > >thought >> > > > > >>about the Lord and how good He is and I didn't notice that the >> > light >> > > >had >> > > > > >>changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because >>if >> > he >> > > >hadn't >> > > > > >> > > > > >>honked, I'd never have noticed. I found that LOTS of people >>love >> > > >Jesus. >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >>Why, while I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking >> > like >> > > > > >>crazy, and when he leaned out of his window and screamed, "for >>the >> > > >love >> > > >of >> > > > > >> > > > > >>God, GO! GO!" What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus. >> > > > > >>Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and >> > > started >> > > > > >>waving and smiling at all these loving people. I even honked >>my >> > > horn >> > > >a >> > > > > >>few times to share in the love. There must have been a man >>from >> > > >Florida >> > > > > >>back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny >> > > >beach... >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >>I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle >> > finger >> > > >stuck >> > > > > >>up in the air. When I asked my teenage grandson in the back >>seat >> > > >what >> > > > > >>that meant, he said that it was probably a Hawaiian good luck >>sign >> > > or >> > > > > >>something. Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned >> > out >> > > >the >> > > > > >>window and gave him the good luck sign back. My grandson burst >> > out >> > > > > >>laughing, why even he was enjoying this religious experience. >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >>A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the >>moment >> > > >that >> > > > > >>they got out of their cars and started walking towards me. >> > > > > >>I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but >>this >> > is >> > > >when >> > > > > >>I noticed the light had changed. So, I waved to all my sisters >> > and >> > > > > >>brothers grinning, and drove on through the intersection. I >> > noticed >> > > >I >> > > >was >> > > > > >> > > > > >>the only car that got through the intersection before the light >> > > >changed >> > > > > >>again and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all >> > the >> > > >love >> > > > > >>we had shared. So I slowed the car down, leaned out of the >>window >> > > >and >> > > > > >>gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I >>drove >> > > >away. >> > > > > >> Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks! >> > > > > >> Grandma >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > this is pretty funny _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.