Friday, 27Aug10, Waco, TX, Carter Bloodcare
Blood fact: “Shortages of (all) blood types happen during the summer and winter holidays.”
Today I was visiting the Carter Bloodcare blood center in Waco, Texas. I had a lot of fun and met some really great donors and some really dedicated blood center staff. (Check out the pictures on Facebook account … Give Blood!)
It was an amazing day and we even had the local Channel 10 News team … Lauren and Jim … who came out to do a story for Carter Bloodcare.
Every day I’m on this tour … something like “divine intervention” happens … little things that probably shouldn’t have happened … yet … they do happen … and … usually in a very CLEAR way … making it obvious to those people who are not expecting it to happen!
And during this year’s LAA 2010 nation-wide blood drive … it just keeps happening on a daily basis … therefore … there must really be something to the “power of prayer” and not being afraid to ask God to bless your life … and … not in a mediocre way … but to bless you in a BIG way … not in a selfish way … yet in a way to continue to give the glory and the honor to God above. (1Chron 4:9-10)
And each day , the more I come in contact with donors … I am literally in awe at their honorable, compassionate reasons for giving blood to help a complete stranger … each one of these donors I meet are so “committed” to helping someone … out there somewhere … who may sometime … need blood!
I am also humbled on a daily basis … as I reflect back on the 110 strangers who gave 1 pint of blood each … to help save my life! They didn’t know me and they will never know me (nor will I ever know them) … yet … they didn’t hesitate to give the “gift of life” to a complete stranger!
- So when I met with the the donors today at the Waco, TX, Carter Bloodcare center … it as if I was “thanking” my orginal donors … it was humbling to say the least!
Enough of that … I need to get serious for a second … OOPS … I guess I was being serious!
Now let’s talk of something amazing … 39 years of marriage to the same beautiful lady … this is the lady who “carried me when I couldn’t carry myself” … and … she’s flying in tonight to spend the wonderful day of our anniversary with me … as I share it with the folks at the new Rosedale Donor Center in Ft. Worth! (Someone asked me today, what do you do to celebrate, after 39 years? I answered … no worries … I’ll just ask her what she wants to do? and then say “yes, dear!”)
So not only do I get to spend tomorrow with some astounding, good hearted “donors” and equally generous blood center staff … I get to spend the day with my “sweetheart” of 39 years! (It’s only been a month since I’ve last seen her … but … who’s counting?
She just called and said she is now on her way to Ft. Worth … as I write this! (So that’s about it for now … I’ll check in with you later!)