Zippies

(1974 January 13)

You will go far to find a zippier family than the Birketts. This morning at 8:00 Bill phoned to ask if I wanted a ride to church! They had arrived from England in the dead of night and had missed 6 hours. Yet, here they were, rallying around, realizing their obligations to others, Jean getting ready to play the organ, Kitty to sing in the choir, Ward to serve, and Bill to pick up Portia and me. I explained that Ruth Nee had promised me Jim would put a note on their door saying "No church today" - perhaps it blew off. He said they had a wonderful trip, had let Ellen off at Madison to start school (UW) Monday, and now would ring off so he could tell Jean to go back to bed.