Community Baptist Church of Croswell, Michigan. That name sticks in my mind, not because it has an exceptional missions program but because I've seen its name so much on a cloth label on a quilt on the bed. I don't remember how many years I've seen it--and the supporters who gathered to make and send it to their missionaries overseas may be with my parents in Glory now.
Anyway, it's getting chilly at night, even in Okinawa--did you know we turn on the air conditioning some days in Dec. and Jan.--so I felt it was time to get out the quilts again...but...when I looked carefully, the blanket no longer looks, of course, the way it was years ago but is torn here and there.
No problem; I would just cover it with another quilt when I made it in the morning, I decided. But when I spread the Croswell quilt over it, I realized it had been given to us at approximately the same time too and has a huge bald spot. Would pillows cover it? No; they come right down to it, but...THE LAP BLANKET! I sometimes rolled it up and had it handy nearby. It was handy, all right: to pretend it had been lightly folded and placed there on the bed for using, when in reality, it was mostly to cover up that bald spot!
I guess we never know when or what we'll be needed for; we're just to be faithful even if we're just lap blankets, not fancy quilts.
