Today Miata and I attended church with Mary. If you recall... when we were here last time we attended Mary's church and really enjoyed it, especially seeing the mix of people from every ethnic background all coming together for the same purpose, to worship God! It was a very good sermon and part of it was on Christians and how we dress, especially when attending church. He addressed the issue of modesty and how we should guard ourselves against dressing as the world dresses. And though television/Hollywood tries to teach our young teens 
it is appropriate to dress one way we must instill in them that isn't and that we should always dress as though we are walking arm in arm with Jesus. He asked... if we were going to visit with Jesus what would we wear? He also talked about dress in church. That you should dress appropriately and though everyone may not wear the most dressed up clothing, which is ok, they should always dress in a way that would not be distracting to others. Especially the woman and what they wear; it should be modest/appropriate and not distracting to men sitting around you. We need to be respectful to everyone who is around us and not be a stumbling block to them because of what we are wearing. I will admit it is nice to be able to come here to Palo Alto and though I do not bring our church cloth
es with us we can still attend church and feel comfortable about it! I had on khaki pants and a shirt and Miata the same. There is such a mix of people and they wear everything from African style clothes, to Asian style, to jeans, shorts, etc. and they do not look tacky just more casual which of course fits more into the lifestyle here (& most places today.) Many walk to church, ride bicycles, come by bus, etc. and then afterwards they spend their time around the cities in the same clothes before going back to church. I know this can be such a touchy issue but I have to admit sometimes it is nice to be comfortable and here you can certainly attend and feel that way!
Anyways after church Mary, Miata, & myself went to Chipolte for lunch. It is like Moe's Southwest Grill and it was good! The rest of the day we just relaxed, played ping pong (one of Miata's favorite things to do here), worked a 500 piece puzzle and walked to the park to enjoy the beautiful weather out here. Oh yea... I almost forgot to mention that on Thursday when we go for Miata's post-op appointment Dr. Brent will remove Miata's bandages for good! They will stay off unlike the past surgeries when he had to re wrap her with new bandages. She is very happy about this! Especially since this time both of her ears are wrapped! That makes it more difficult for her to hear!! Also... even more importantly when Dr. Brent performed the operation on her this time he also performed one extra step!! I'm not sure how she will like what he did but we will soon find out (on Thursday) when he removes her bandages!!
