As I take a moment to reflect, I realize I have neglected to post here for some time. Today (Sunday) brings many things unforeseen, mostly good but with some hardships also, for balance I suppose. A glance out the window shows it snowing and drifting in Northern Wisconsin and with up to 15 inches predicted locally. It’s good to be stuck home at least with my lovely wife. The promise of spring is just around the corner so fortunately it is not bitter cold. Daylight savings time begins in just 3 weeks.
We lost something dear today as we found our 10-year-old chocolate lab spread out and near death when we returned home from church. She had been battling something unknown for a couple of weeks, and had been suffering from arthritis. The vets could not find anything during normal tests, but it appeared that her systems just shut down rather suddenly. Everyone is sad to lose a good friend – especially the grand kids who don’t quite understand that part of life.
We had a typically great church service this morning with our first annual meeting to follow. Since our original inception in 2006 with five or 6 families, we have grown to 183 people who call our church home. The time has flown by and it has been a real joy to serve these folks of various backgrounds as God enables. The AWANA kids program last week has grown to 75 area kids and the had blast on “lights out night” with luminescent bracelets and flashlights as we ran through the whole program in the dark.
Sandy and I had the pleasure of hosting “The Art of Marriage” conference (produced by Family Life Ministries) last weekend, with 30+ people in attendance. This conference really touched hearts and lives. I would recommend this program for anyone who is married. For info see www.theartofmarriage.com.
Well as I listen to the snow plow outside my window, I pray spring arrives soon and will be upon us hopefully by my next post. In the meantime I plan to take Sandy to the “A Weekend to Remember” get away on March 18th. This has also proven to be an awesome experience sponsored annually by Family Life in 90 communities across the nation.
Hello dear friend. What a wonderful page! Thank you for your thoughts. And I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your lab. It is a very hard thing to lose one so dear, who teaches us how God loves us all without reservation or conditions.
I’ll be checking this page often and will bookmark it.
Thank you Kevin!
Good to here from you. Glad you like it. Its a place where I can ramble to relieve stress.