Rolla Presbyterian Manor
Do it again By Allen Teal, Chaplain
FEBRUARY 2021
Sweethearts spotlight: Paul and Mary Stigall Paul and Mary Stigall’s love story began in a laundromat on a snowy day. “I had started to walk home with my clean laundry, and Paul insisted that he help me carry it,” Mary remembers. Once they were inside, she made In this old family photo, Paul and Mary Stigall are coffee and offered Paul pictured with their daughters Colleen and Claire. some of the stew she’d cooked for dinner. The following day, he returned the favor. “He came over with a shovel and told me he was going to dig my car out of the snow, so I wouldn’t have to walk to work that day,” she said. The Rolla Presbyterian Manor residents say they knew they were right for one another because they had similar goals and interests, plus they both wanted to raise a family in the Rolla area. All in all, the Stigall’s “just clicked,” they said. The campus minister at the University of Wyoming officiated their wedding ceremony, which was held on campus on June 1, 1968. A friend of theirs hosted a reception afterward, and their wedding meal was “somewhat of a snack.” Shortly after their marriage, Paul finished his graduate coursework in electrical engineering and computer science, then accepted a professorship at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
And now, GOD, do it again — bring rains to our droughtstricken lives so those who planted their crops in despair will shout hurrahs at the harvest, So those who went off with heavy hearts will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing (Psalm 126:4-6, The Message) February 2 shares its name with a famous movie — “Groundhog Day.” The day is about having a superstitious belief in the ability of a groundhog to forecast the weather. The movie is about doing the same thing over and over until it is done correctly. Not too many people really want to relive a portion of their life. However, sometimes we want to see things done more than once. In Psalm 126, we hear the cry of people asking God to bless them again as he had in the past. Practicing is important. People who master performance skills, various crafts, or become proficient in any field must practice. This requires them to repeat the same or similar tasks time after time. This leads to executing a task correctly in a consistent manner. Practice always improves the outcome, whether it is a performance or some type of behavior. Again – continued on page 2
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