My husband presented a wonderful sermon this morning on the paradox of the fear of God and perfect love casting out fear. Some of what he presented was new to some of the congregants, but he could see on their faces the workings of their brains to connect the dots and figure out what exactly he was saying. There was a great deal of positive feedback afterward so I am happy for him.
After church we decided to have lunch at DarBar, but they hadn't quite opened yet for the day, so we walked part way up the street to the little Hiya Confectionery Store. It has been open for awhile but we have never had reason to go in before. What fun we had in there! The dried food items, dishes, shoes and jewellery are in the small front area, crammed in all over the place but wow....so many things to check out. I found a serving tray with bright African patterns on it for a reasonable price. Since I have been looking to replace my old Japanese serving tray with a broken handle and have had little success in finding what I want, today's find was perfect: small, light and lovely. In the upper back area of the store are several racks packed with Eretrian style dresses and men's shirts. The owner was quite talkative once he saw my husband's clergy collar. He is a Roman Catholic who attends mass at two different RC churches here in the city, he attended seminary in Africa, his first residence in Canada was in Manitoba and now he has been here in Regina with his new business for the past year or so. We are definitely going back in September to look more closely at the clothing and perhaps do some shopping there for new outfits. What a little gem tucked away among some other types of businesses, just east of DarBar on Victoria Avenue. He has a few bottles of cold drinks the likes we haven't seen anywhere else in town. I had no idea that Crush had flavours like watermelon and fruit punch! All I ever see are the orange, grape and occasionally cream soda flavours of that particular soft drink brand. SOOOO FUN looking in a store that is new to us. It still shocks my husband, even after being ordained for so many years now, when other people call him "Father", but he was very accepting of the moniker from this kindly store owner.
DarBar has attractive new menus, much smaller, book style and so much easier to handle than the large plasticized sheet menus they had previously. The prices have gone up like everywhere else, finally...but only ONE WHOLE DOLLAR per dish! hahaha Wow....compared to other places that serve far less delicious food, they certainly could have raised their unit price more than that. God bless them for keeping prices reasonable! I brought home a large carton of leftover coconut pepper chicken, rice and chick peas. Can barely wait for my leftovers dinner tonight!
So, time for physio since there was no opportunity to do it prior to church today. While it is going to take time to be able to increase how long I can put full weight on my operated leg, I was very encouraged today that as I was walking outside the house with my cane, I was able to walk almost upright without putting much weight at all on the cane....progress....I will take any little bit I can manage to get! haha Even my husband commented that I am listing to the side far less than I have been. YAY!
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