{"id":1977,"date":"2016-05-10T05:06:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T10:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2016-05-11T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T19:38:00","slug":"sunday-may-8-2016-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=1977","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, May 8, 2016   Mother&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a good thing we were up early this morning.\u00a0 The hot water was cold! The water in this house is heated by solar, which normally is fine, but we have had cool, rainy days lately, so it doesn&#8217;t heat quite as well.\u00a0\u00a0 There is a switch that will turn on the heater and Larry thought it was set to come on, but for some reason it didn&#8217;t. We were up early enough to turn it on and still get a warm shower in the morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1987\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1987\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1987\" src=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1120505men-singins-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Men singing.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1120505men-singins-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1120505men-singins-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1120505men-singins-3.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Men singing.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had a great worship service on Sunday.\u00a0 The choruses\/ praise songs were lively and pleasing to the ear.\u00a0 It was true worship.\u00a0 This church has been blessed with an excellent pastor who truly knows and loves his Saviour and has a heart to impart that love and knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>The men in church were all called up to sing to the ladies for Mother&#8217;s Day and after church every lady was given a pretty shopping bag as a Mother&#8217;s Day gift.<\/p>\n<p>After church on Sunday we went to Ruth&#8217;s house for tea and then took her out for lunch at Swazi Candles. Swazi Candles is where they make candles to sell along with other locally made crafts, such as soap, carvings, etc.\u00a0 and they have a little coffee cafe that serves food.\u00a0 The food is not fancy, but plentiful and very good.\u00a0 We had a good time and Ruth said she enjoyed getting out and liked to eat at Swazi Candles.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1983\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1983\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1983\" src=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1120534bag-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mother's Day shopping bag. \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1120534bag-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1120534bag.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mother&#8217;s Day shopping bag.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1982\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1982\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1982\" src=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1110240candle-making-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Candle making 2014\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1110240candle-making-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/P1110240candle-making.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candle making 2014<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ruth&#8217;s daughter is in the States, one son in England, and one son locally.\u00a0 It was nice to have a &#8216;Mom&#8217; to take out and enjoy for the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Since today is Mother&#8217;s Day, I will wish my daughters-in-love Happy Mother&#8217;s Day, also my\u00a0Mother-in-love.\u00a0 They are all very special to me and all have had more influence on my life than they will ever realize.<\/p>\n<p>My mother has been in heaven for nearly 10 years, my sister, since her youngest was 3. \u00a0 Now that little boy is all grown up with children of his own .\u00a0 Both of those ladies are greatly missed.<\/p>\n<p>Mother&#8217;s Day can be a very bitter sweet day for many, but I pray that we all can see God&#8217;s blessings through the difficult times and the good times.\u00a0 Also, Happy Mother&#8217;s Day to <em>everyone<\/em> who has had an influence in our lives and the lives of our children.\u00a0 You are all special people and we appreciate you and thank you for the part you play and have played in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1977 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?attachment_id=1794#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/141019-Sambane-300x189.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/141019-Sambane-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/141019-Sambane.jpg 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1794'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is where we ate on Sunday.  The photo is from a previous trip with our grandson, Mark was along.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?attachment_id=1796#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/141019-SwaziCandlesSoaps-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/141019-SwaziCandlesSoaps-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/141019-SwaziCandlesSoaps.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1796'>\n\t\t\t\tLarry and Mark in the soap section at Swazi Candles. Photo 2014\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a good thing we were up early this morning.\u00a0 The hot water was cold! 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