Last night our whole staff gathered at our house for a potluck dinner with two of our great friends (and CSC's great friends). It is a pretty regular occurrence that all, many, or some of our staff are together for lunch or dinner meals. We work together and we often socialize together. It's been that way for my 25 years here. But we always enjoy it just a little bit more when we have good friends with us.
With us last night were Howard and Marilynn Plucar who are with the leadership of Reach Global, the international missions wing of the Evangelical Free Church of America. We have known Howie and Marilynn for many years now and they have been not only good friends personally, but wonderful friends to the ministry of Children's Shelter of Cebu. We have been in their home many times, and they in ours. But they have always had a keen interest in the work we do with children in the Philippines. They have helped to support our children and ministry as a whole. And Howie has even gone to the great lengths of being Santa Claus for Christmas with the children here (a very hot, but not thankless job!). If I recall correctly, Howie even got to spend a little time in the therapy room jacuzzi as a part of our annual Santa Claus hijinks with the kids.
Often our conversation will center around something to do with the ministry or the kids, but last night we took a little detour to 1950s, 60s, and 70s television - who remembered or watched which shows, who the characters were, and how the theme songs went. Instead of talking about how the teachers' days went or which kids were up to what, we got into the Munsters, Brady Bunch, Lone Ranger, Addams Family, Gilligan's Island, Three Stooges, I Love Lucy, Fury, and so on and so on. We had a great time and a lot of laughs!
Do you remember the theme song to the Munsters?
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