great start

So far we have had a great start to ministry here in Rochester. We had 76 kids at our first youth group meeting and kids are very excited to be there and bring friends.

Thanks for so many of you that have been praying for us and our family. God is good and we are pleased to be a part of a ministry with so much potential.

when you coming to visit

So here i lay on my bedroom floor typeing into the computer a note to any who care to read. It is 11pm and all are asleep. my laptop is plugged into the phone jack as I battle with the add filled free netzero dial up service to type late at night. We dropped Deb's mom off at the airport and are spending the next two days alone as a fam in our new home. Tyson starts school tomorrow. I start work on thursday. Liz comes on Friday and then my dad and Marcia come the weekend after Liz leaves. full days to keep us occupied.

Weather has been amazing. up into the 60's today with beautiful (borderline amazing) sunrises and sunsets. each morning we see the sun rise over the top of the farm outside the window near the breakfast table. The snow is melting and the grass is trying to turn green. Curtains are getting hung, all of our appliances have finally arrived, the basement is coming along nice and we found out our real estate guy will be putting in our slab patio for us after we are all thawed and dry. Life is good in Minnesota.....when you coming to visit?

I made it!

I made it to Balmy Minnesota! Spent some time with my brother and his friends in Minneapolis and did a little sledding with them. Very Therapeautic, and painful. My neck still hurts from hitting the jump i didn't see because we were sledding at night.

Moved all of our stuff off of the truck and into our home and garage. Plenty of good help and got it all out and mostly set up in our new house. Then had dinner at the Mannenbach's home. I doubt Liz (the mother) will read this, but if she does....NICE SOUP! it was really good and I can't remember what it was.

Today was a box day. emptying out boxes and setting up the house for the arrival of my family tomorrow.

On The Road

I am sitting in the passenger seat of my own van while my friend Jeff drives. We just passed into central standard time and are approaching Bismarck, ND. He has a SPRINT card for his laptop so I am able to type as we drive. The weather is nice on our journey so far. Ultra clear skies but WOW what wind. We have covered 1159 miles in the last 16 hours. The van is so full that I cannot see the dog in the back seat.

Last night we listened to a message by one of my favorite preachers, Andy Stanley, and he talked about some stuff....but what impressed me in regards to this season is the idea that we sometimes don't trust God to be bigger than our problems. If my problem is to big for God, then my faith is too small.

God pull me and my family through this difficult season and I apologize right now for not having the faith in you that I should.