November 25, 2005

• Long Time No Post

  So much has happened since my last post.  We have had a household full of people since John arrived last Thursday and the oldest J with his better half in tow arrived Saturday morning.  John had Betty Ann and Shelia sleep over on Saturday night so they could go with him to church Sunday.  Valerie was a lifesaver since she works as a Nanny.  She bathed the girls and got them ready for bed.  She read to them until she could get John in to read as well.  The girls had a blast.  Sunday morning John announced that he got 2 hours of sleep the entire night.  Even with the short amount of sleep, he was still a sport with the girls on Sunday.

  
  

   

  
  

  We had another candidate for Worship Minister lead our worship Sunday morning and Cyndie and I took them out to eat afterwards.  The leaders interviewed him and his wife Saturday night.  Everyone is feeling really good about this guy.  He may be the one for our church.

  
  

   

  
  

  John finished his 2 day motorcycle training class on Wednesday.  The weather was awesome for him both days.  I picked him up for lunch on Tuesday and he went with someone from his course on Wednesday.  Even though he rented a Blazer, I took him to the class.  He was talking as if he would blow off the course and go get his daughters instead of spending the 2 days in the class.  Since he was unsure as to how to find the address to the company providing the course, I decided to take him both days.  That way he got there on time and didn’t back out at the last minute.

  
  

   

  
  

  I finally got him onto his motorcycle today.  He still doesn’t have his license yet but Monday is the soonest he can go get it.  We just tooled around the subdivision for approximately 30 minutes.  I lead the way on my Kawasaki and he followed on his Suzuki.  He did great.  He made the turns great and did not turn the bike over once.  He is now hooked.  He told me that he now understands the draw to the two wheeled machines.  His bike is awesome and is a perfect fit for him.

  
  

   

  
  

  He did Thanksgiving at our sister Becky’s house with his girls and our step-mom Linda.  We drove to College Station and had a blast with our in laws and Cyndie’s Sister’s family.  I have been under the weather with allergies the last few days so she drove us to their house.  I started feeling much better when the clariden kicked in.  Once we got there, I took a nap before we pigged out.  I sure enjoy visiting with the in laws.  We watched the Cowboys get creamed and then came home.

  
  

   

  
  

  We were planning to go to the races tomorrow but with the prediction of rain, we have nixed those plans.  Besides, John wants to ride his bike around the subdivision as much as possible.  The chance of rain is scattered so we will do whatever we can to log some miles on our bikes.

  
  

   

  
  

  In other events that occurred this week, our leader meeting went as good as possible.  We created a chronological list of events that have occurred over the last 5 years in the life of our church.  It was a powerful exercise.  When we were done, the map we had showed more than we could have imagined.  We have been through a ringer over and over and over for the past 2 years.  From this, we identified items we need to pray over.  We were all glad we had gone through the exercise and refreshed by the possibilities that are laid out in front of us.

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