Oh, yeah, sure, sure. Hey, my cousin Becky, she would be terrific. She'd really add to your office. And she's a great worker. Oh, I think she would do a great job. I sure do. I think she would. Hey, and by the way, hey, if you need anything, hey, I'll do any kind of recommendation. I'll do anything. If you need anything don't hesitate. Just give me a call and I will do anything to help her in any way. I appreciate it. Hey, you have a blessed day too. Thank you so much, Governor. Bye-bye. One day at a time Miss Jones, the phone is ringing. Miss Jones, where are you? Miss Jones, Miss Jones, where are you at? Where are you at? Oh, I've got to answer it myself. Hello, First Community Church. no, Miss Jones is not here at her desk can I do something to help you? the governor's office what's the governor want Miss Jones about? well, I'm just saying Um, she'll be probably back in a couple hours, I guess. I guess you could contact her then. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Goodbye. The governor's office. What in the world would the governor want with Miss Jones? Oh, no. He's going to try to take Miss Jones away from First Community Church. I can't do this on my own. I can't take care of all this stuff by myself. And I might have to break in a new secretary I can do this Oh I got to convince her to stay What can I do Um let see Oh, gifts! That'll do it! Smart guy, Pastor Jay. Smart guy. Let's go shopping. Okay, let's see. Expensive necklace. Okay, new computer. fur-collar jacket. Wow, did I spend that much money? The board is going to kill me if this does not work. Of course, Miss Jones is worth it. I wouldn't know what to do without her. Still, that's a lot of money. Maybe I can slide it up under the mittens and no one will notice it. Yeah, maybe I can just slide it past everybody. Maybe they won't notice. Oh, well, we've got to do it anyway. Well, hello, Miss Jones. You sure are looking nice today. Did you do something with your hair? Yeah, it doesn't hurt to comb it once in a while and fix it up. Uh, uh, yeah, uh, okay. Uh, but yeah, yeah, you just, well, is that a new blouse you got there? That's really, it really looks nice on you. Really, really looks, really looks nice on you. You know, uh, you, um. What are you up to? What's going on? Can't, can't, can't, can't somebody just come in and give you a compliment or two? You've never done it before. All of a sudden. Hold on. Hold on. I've got something for you. Hold on. Oh, there's something. Miss Jones, because we love you so much here at First Community Church, we have a few gifts for you. First off, a beautiful necklace. Look at that. Is that not gorgeous? Look at the sheen. Look at the beautifulness of it. Isn't that nice? And that is all for you because we love you here at First Community Church. Isn't that beautiful? That's all for you. Go ahead. That all for you That a beautiful little necklace That all for you See isn that nice Isn that nice It beautiful It really beautiful Right Something up No no that not all We have more Hold on Oh, something's up. Something's up. I know how much you have been struggling with that old computer of yours. You've been struggling so much, and it's been bad, and it's not working all the best in the world. Well, we here are going to take care of you. We got you a brand new laptop, a brand new spanking laptop. It is all for you. Now you can do all your work with no problem. It's all for you because we love you here at First Community Church. Isn't that nice? It's nice. But, but, I don't know. I just think there's something behind all this. Well, I tell you what. Stand up. We got one more thing for you. And finally, Miss Jones, because we love you so much here at First Community Church, we got a brand new fur-collar jacket for you. Isn't that beautiful? Look at that. Isn't that gorgeous? Look at that. Oh my! Is that Marilyn Monroe? Well, that ain't the best because Marilyn Monroe's there. Well, you know what I mean anyway. No, but that looks beautiful. Oh, you look... Look, c'est magnifique. Okay. Okay. What's this all about? Come on. Come on. You ain't doing this just to be nice. There's a reason for it. Okay. If you want to be honest about it, you're out of your office. I got the phone call from the governor. And I know all about that the governor wants to take you and let him have you take you from us at the first community. We, I can't, Ms. Jones, I can't do this by myself. I can't do this here at this church by myself. I do not. This is not funny. I don't lie. What are you doing? Trying to get more out of us? We can't do no more, Ms. Jones. This is terrible. Oh, this is real funny, isn't it? This is hilarious. You going to leave me in a lurch here and you having a blast with it Pastor Jay Pastor Jay I not leaving That call was from my cousin Becky Not me She going to work for the governor What? I'm not leaving and going anywhere. Honestly, did you think I was going to go? So it's your cousin? It's my cousin. Not me. I'm not going anywhere. So it's your cousin, it's not you. That's right, not me. Isn't this funny? It's her, not me. I'm staying. Then why am I giving you all this stuff? I don't know. I guess just to be nice. Get that. Shoot, I can get some money back here. The laptop, necklace, that's, uh, thanks for telling me. Oh, any time. I mean, honestly, kind of funny, isn't it? Oh, by the way, since you're not leaving, you don't need this either. So, uh, this is going back too. Thanks a lot for telling me. Well, go ahead. Fine. I don't care. I'm allergic to fur anyway, so it don't matter. Sometimes life is a little heavy, sometimes life's a little hard to bear, feel like I'm all alone, oh but I'm no one who really cares. So one day at a time, no matter what's in my way, I'm not giving up for it, no matter what others say. With the Lord at my side, I'm never alone, I'm destined to win. So step by step I'll take it One day at a time One day at a time One day at a time One day at a time One day at a time you
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