Different Evening

The sheds at the church were broken into last night by burglars. After they found nothing of real value in the sheds, they went to the house next door and kicked in the door. Just as they were breaking in, the new owners came home from their church and interrupted them. They ran away and got into two pickups parked in our parking lot. One pickup was silver with a red stripe and the other one was brown.

Nothing was taken. The sheriff's department called me about 10:30 and asked me to come out to the church so they could file a report. They also had me open the church and they searched the church to be sure nothing was taken and no one was hiding there. There was nothing missing.

We will have to have new locks and hasps put on the doors of both sheds. We do have a small lawn mower in there and a nice tree saw. The Christmas tree and decorations are also stored in there and some old glass front shelving units. For some reason, they didn't see anything they could sell for drugs, I guess. They might have taken the tree saw and the mower but they didn't.

The sheriff's department is going to keep an eye on it tonight to be sure they don't come back and break into the church. We do have the sound system in the church and also the projector which belongs to Leslie. (I assume it's at the church). The church does have those good Selcho locks on all three doors but if they want in there, they'll simply kick in one of the doors. Bill is going to replace the hasps and locks on the sheds if it stops raining today. Otherwise, I guess it will be tomorrow.

The sheriff's deputy told me that many churches are being broken into in Independence. They take the sound systems and computers and the projectors. What a world. Nothing is sacred anymore.

Today, while I was at work, a friend of the church..not a member, came to the church and put new hasps and locks on the doors. Now that is a Christian!