Grandpa's Funeral

Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you know how my Grandpa's funeral went. We had the service last Friday night and about 70 people showed up. It was very reverent and respectable, which was nice. What you might not know was that I was asked to give the Eulogy speech. I have never done one of these so I was completely nervous and didn't know what to say. The whole week, I kept getting more and more stressed out about it... mainly because what do you say to comemmorate a man's life? I know you talk about the good times and I did that. It was more than just that though because my Grandpa professed not to believe in God and even though I do not know that to be completely true (he was raised in church so there's a chance), it was still very hard to tailer a speech to tell others to lean toward God while still respecting my Grandpa. But my brother summed it up well for me. He said that if Grandpa WAS saved, he'd be in Heaven right now watching the funeral hoping that I'd tell everyone about Jesus. And if he was NOT saved, he'd be in Hell right now watching the funeral hoping I'd tell everyone about Jesus. So I prayed and tried to listen to God's voice and the night before the funeral, on the way home from the store, God spoke to me. So I hurriedly grabbed my phone and recoreded those thoughts as a memo. I love technology. Anyway, I wrote it all down that night and it came out in such a way as to respect my Grandpa but still point people toward seeking God's Will for their lives. I was so relieved.

My family and I just wanted to thank everyone who was able to attend and for those of you that weren't but had us in your thoughts and prayers. It was very much appreciated and my family and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts. I am including a few pictures from the reception before and after the funeral. It isn't very often you can get us all dressed up together so the smiles were for the camera, not Grandpa's funeral. Click on the pictures to view their photo pages at Flickr.com.

I HAVE TO INCLUDE THIS ONE BECAUSE OF HOW FUNNY IT TRULY IS. DO YOU SEE MY MOM'S IMPRESSION OF THE "DEER-IN-THE-HEADLIGHTS" LOOK? SOOOOO FUNNY. ;)






One of the reason's why I wasn't able to post for a few days has to do with Kimi. We're having some medical issues with Kimi right now which I will explain in my next post. Until then, please pray for us three. Thank you all again and I'll write again soon.

God bless.
Jason