Saturday Evening

I haven't written much this past week. Sorry about that. The past ten days or so have been a roller coaster of emotions and events. So many of you have been incredibly encouraging to me even though you don't know the details of this trial. As I said before, THAT IS OKAY. We often think that we have to know the details of someone's trial so that we can adequately pray. That's not the case at all since God is fully aware of what's going on. Our need to know is just that ---- OUR need to know. We struggle when that need is not satisfied. That's when we have to realize that it's not about us and so we must trust God and simply pray. Thank you for that.

I have found myself surrounded by some amazing folks who truly care. The folks I work with have been amazing to encourage and offer their help in anyway possible. David is preaching in my place tomorrow and I'm excited about that. I get to sit and participate in worship and listen to the Lord speak through others. I'm usually gone when I'm not preaching so I'm looking forward to simply listening. I've been trying to do a lot of that this week.

Today has been a busy day. We had a GREAT volunteer appreciation breakfast this morning at the church office. Counting kids, we had about 60 to 70 people show up at 8:30 am on a Saturday morning. THAT SHOWS HOW AMAZING OUR CAPSTONE FOLKS ARE!! This church could not happen without all the great people who serve the Lord through Capstone. Thanks if you are one of those!

After the meeting, Yvonne, Claire and I jumped in the car and headed to Columbia. We took our carpet steam cleaner and did some cleaning at Yvonne's parent's home and hung out with them for a while. They are great folks. We all ate at Olive Garden and then headed home. It's been a good day and we got a lot accomplished.

I'm looking forward to Capstone tomorrow and then the Super Bowl. For the first time in many years, we have no plans (nor any invites---what's that all about???) for watching the Super Bowl. We'll probably just hang out at mom and dad's and watch it with them. I'm pulling for the Giants. I always want the underdog to win.

If you don't mind, please continue to pray for me and my family. He knows our needs. Thanks more than you know.