field service – For the Love of Lorna

A Field Service Experience—from Lorna

Posted on August 28, 2017 | by Jay | 2 Comments

Everyone likes to hear a good field service experience. Lorna and I met in Canada in 1983. (See How We Met (Unofficial Version).) Once she returned to England and I to Ohio there ensued nearly a year of correspondence before I would traverse the 3,000 mile gap between us and (more…)

The Breakfast Club

Posted on November 10, 2015 | by Jay | 3 Comments

I know we are both thinking exactly same thing: We are with The Breakfast Club. Light rain spatters on the windshield and then stops. The few wet leaves that are adhering to the car’s hood (bonnet) rustle slightly in the occasional gust of wind but are not dislodged. The bare limbs (more…)

Service Day

Posted on August 18, 2015 | by Jay | 1 Comment

Makeup done and a couple of quick sprays of perfume and I’m ready. (A typical day in Lorna’s ministry, told from her viewpoint.) Morning What’s that sound? The alarm already? Let me get up now, I think to myself. I slip out of bed carefully and turn off the alarm (more…)

The Decoration Destroyers

Posted on May 13, 2015 | by Jay | 1 Comment

“I want an apology!” screams the woman’s angry voice on the other end of the phone line. “My husband is a lawyer. We can sue you. And if you don’t have the person who did this come here and apologize, I’ll call Six on Your Side!” Six on Your Side (more…)

Seldom-Worked Territory—Boston

Posted on April 20, 2015 | by Jay | 3 Comments

Kingdom Hall, Hyde Park, Massachusetts “This is it. We have arrived.” As we pull into the Kingdom Hall parking lot we are beginning to feel the excitement. What will this day bring? What new experiences will we enjoy? Will we make new friends? We park our three cars and emerge (more…)