Friday, July 6, 2007

St. Louis

On Sunday night, Curtis and I are heading to St. Louis, MO with a large group of teens and a few adults from our church's district. We're participating in a Nazarene Youth Conference that is supposed to be incredible in terms of quality and opportunity. Would you pray for us, and namely for our students? We are yearning for this to be a time where students who don't often, if ever, experience Jesus will hear his voice and respond to him in real ways. So many of our kids need to experience healing and refreshing in their lives. We would be ecstatic to bring home a force of students committed to knowing and serving Christ in our community.

I'm really hoping that this will also be a refreshing time for Curtis and I. Visiting Oregon absolutely was, but our hearts are still a little fragile. I'm still a little fragile physically as well, and don't want that to get in the way of this trip.

Sorry this isn't a super witty post, but we sure appreciate you all. :)

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

BLOG with PICTURES!

So, it's been a while since there has been a picture on this swell blog. Today you are in for a treat! I discovered on Tuesday that my computer has a port for the memory card in our digital camera. I love discoveries. Good thing the church I work at is called Discovery....hmmm


Me and the Rickster baptizing Andrew


Me, Janer, Nayrb and Candice at the Corn Maze

Junior High Christmas Party w/Lenny Clause

Ben (another y.p. in the L), his wife Kristi, and us

Jane and I along the 17 mile drive in Carmel on Christmas Day

More fun camera treasures to come!

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Jericho!

Jane and I watch very little TV. Most people know that about us. Ever since we got married, we have only had a DVD player...no cable, no antenna, nothing. On a weekend getaway we accidentally got hooked on CSI, and have enjoyed renting season after season (of any version of the show) and supplementing our movie watching with a little TV on DVD.

Well, for those of you who don't know...there are a good number of TV shows that are available on their host network's website. This first discovery led me to an even greater one just a few weeks ago. That hidden treasure is the show Jericho; a show that started out strong, but after a winter break saw a drop in viewership. CBS decided to cancel it, and the rest is history...Jericho became the first canceled show to ever receive the kind of viewer response that would soon follow.

Anyway, the response was so great that CBS decided to create new episodes, as long as it could regain some of its early excitement. For that reason, I have decided to let all who read this BLOG in on the secret known as Jericho. Currently all of the episodes are available to watch at cbs.com, and starting Friday, July 6th at 9pm, CBS is re-airing much of the first season. Check it out, let me know what you think. I found it interesting, intriguing, thought-provoking, and relevant.

"See why people are NUTS for Jericho. Don't miss the pilot episode when the small, peaceful town in Kansas is thrown into a state of chaos when a series of nuclear bombs goes off around the United States." - from CBS website.