Update from the Martin family …
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Let’s begin with 
Zaccheus the Great. He will soon be coming home with Betty. Looking at this picture makes you wonder if Zaccheus is thinking, ‘Gosh mom, do you have to show everything in my baby picture?’
Then we have the issue of grandfathers.
Here is a 
picture of ‘Little Man’, the grandfather of Zaccheus, with me, the grandfather of fifteen and about to be a great grandfather of one. Oh well, we grandaddy types have to stick together. :)
And now for the wedding moment…
Yesterday evening was wedding time at the Martin plantation. Yours truly officiated. My daughter Shana is now Mrs. John Wrubel.
From the start there was a quiet beauty. I shared with all the family that in the Bible, a wedding was offered as worship. And regardless of what the past may hold, the Lord meets us where we are. He gives his blessing to the couple that places Him in the center of their marriage.
Because of the blending of two families, this ceremony included a very unique feature. A beautiful glass vase was set on the wedding table along with glass containers of various colors of sand. The bottom of the vial had rocks to symbolize Jesus Christ as the foundation of their future lives. 
John and Shana first poured their ‘red’ and ‘white’ sand over the rocks. (Red and white are the symbols of unity.) Each child in turn, beginning with the oldest, would pour their vessel of sand into the glass vase. Each child had a different color for their sand. It was a very touching moment.
It was also touching when John’s daughter, Meagan, hugged Betty and me, and asked if we were now her grandparents. You could tell that it was a thing of her heart. We assured her that we were indeed her grandparents, which called for another hug.
Off into the future…
John and Shana headed north. The rest of the Martin clan and their spouses headed to ‘Tunks’, where Andre was playing with ‘South Bound.’
Had a pleasant evening. In fact Andre dedicated a song to ‘daddy,’ that he called the ‘national anthem of Louisiana.’ Course it was really pretty much the theme song for South Bound.
Ever heard Matilda from the ’50s. 
Well I couldn’t find it, so we will have to let it pass.
Sure, we really are a Jesus loving family…
Yes, the entire Martin family belongs to the Lord Jesus. So I really wanted to conclude this entry with a song by one of my favorite singers, Stephen Hill. He is singing a song that I’ve loved since childhood. It is titled ‘When God Dips His Love.’
Here tis…
Much love coming your way,
Buddy
