Four days before my husband’s death,
something of significance occurred. It
affected him so much that he not only told me the story twice verbally, he
emailed it to me.
Greg’s
previous work had been extremely stressful.
He had a boss that just seemed to blame him when things when wrong,
& took all the credit when things went well. It also required much travel away from home,
another aspect he disliked.
My husband
had just changed jobs. In fact, he had
been in that job just 2 weeks when he died.
Greg was a
20 year Air Force veteran who flew in the RC-135, a reconnaissance plane. He transitioned from being a “crew dog” to a
liaison between the flyers & the government contractors who develop the programs
and equipment used by them. After his
military career, he became one of those contractors. He had high security
clearances.
If I could
pinpoint one character weakness in Greg when we first met, it would be his
personal lack of confidence. I saw him
overcome this over the years by working hard to do his best at whatever task he
was given, but he remained a humble man.
On the
Thursday before he died, his new boss took him to meet some of the folks he
would be working with on a nearby naval base.
One guy came into the meeting announcing that he could not stay, but
that he wanted to meet “The Legend.“
Startled,
Greg shook his hand, then turned to his new boss as the guy walked away, and
said, “What did you tell them about me?”
His boss
said, “I didn’t tell them anything…they just read your resume.”
Looking
back on this time, it was so comforting to know that God allowed confirmation
of Greg’s hard work all those years before He took him to his eternal
home.
The bible
tells us, “What profit is it if a man gains the whole world, but loses his own
soul?” It is most important that one’s
resume includes their name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. I know Greg accepted Christ as his personal
Savior in His teens & served him faithfully. He was a great husband and father.
SOUR CREAM CHICKEN ENCHILADAS
2 chicken breasts, cooked and diced
1 c. sour cream
3/4 c. onion, diced
1/2 c. flour
5 c. chicken broth
1 (4-oz.) can green chilies chicken soup base
3 c. Monterey Jack cheese,grated cilantro,dried
10 flour tortillas
Cook chicken until tender in 6 cups water and enough soup base to make a rich broth.
Allow to cool. Cut up chicken in small chunks. Save broth. Whisk flour and sour cream into 5 cups broth until smooth. Add chilies and heat, stirring constantly until thickened. Set aside.
Mix chicken, 2 cups cheese and onion together. Heat tortillas in microwave, a few at a time, to soften. Place a generous tablespoonful of mixture in tortilla and roll up.
Spray a 9 x 13 pan with nonstick spray. Place filled tortillas seam side down in dish. Pour sauce over, making sure you cover all the tortilla. Top with cheese and any filling left over.
Sprinkle cilantro on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30
minutes until sauce is bubbly and cheese is lightly browned. Serve with rice. Yield: 10 enchiladas
Note: It's amazing that such simple ingredients yield such delicious results. You can make all of this ahead of time by filling tortillas and covering with plastic wrap. Make
sauce and refrigerate until time to bake. Do not add sauce until just before baking.
Do these freeze well? Yes, they do...but keep separate until baking time. Leftovers reheat well in microwave.
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