Update on Mimi

Mimi is still at Kennestone, but her breathing is decreasing slowly. No one thought she would live this long. Please continue to pray for my Grandpa. He's been staying up there with her at night and most of everyday.

Mimi

Here is the most recent picture I have with Mimi from the party we threw for my grandparents this summer. Sweet Mimi. I got to take care of her last Saturday and Michael cut their grass while I sat with her and helped her. We talked about all sorts of things and of course laughed. I just wish I would have known it would be the last conversation I would have with her. I love her so much.
I told her she is the best Grandma and I'll always think of her when I hear her favorite song Amazing Grace.
Please pray for my family and for my grandpa.

Twins?

So, what do you think? Adam LaRoche... Bert Watts? I think they look alike, and so do Bert's adoptive Dublin parents (my parents). We're taking comments.

Homeless

So, we've been kicked out of our condo since last Thursday morning. We're getting new floors from our association's insurance...yippee! The bad part is that we haven't had a home to go to. We stayed with my parents a couple nights, then the Mullis' after Jamie Fisher and Brandon Smith's wedding, then the Wagner's a couple nights, and now we're in Dublin for a few nights. Thanks everyone who hosted us! We'll be back on Friday. We're planning to go to the visitation for Steve Floyd in Athens Friday night and then come home. Please pray for his family and all that are impacted by his death. He was a great man!
I'll post some pictures from the Smith wedding when we get back home. LATE!

Labor Day Weekend

Amber and I have been having a good, busy weekend. We had our first over-night guest (Catherine Bargainnier) at our new condo on Thursday.

Friday we traveled to Athens, hung out with a lot of different friends (which was an excellent thing for us! Great to see all of you!) and Amber helped throw a shower for Jamie Fisher. We spent the night with Nick and Christina Brannen (see link to their blog on the side pannel) and went to a Young Life tailgate with them Saturday afternoon. We got to see the Yoders there, too!

We had dinner with our elder from Perimeter (Clay Cooksey) and his family on Saturday night, spent the night in Duluth at the Case's, then went to Perimeter Sunday morning. Sunday afternoon we ate lunch with Dan & Sandy Case, came home for a couple hours and then went to Amber's parents' and visited there for a while.

Today, Amber and her mom did some work to make our back patio a little nicer. It all looks good! So, we're doing pretty well, especially after spending such good time with some many different and close friends this weekend. Thanks to everyone!

Thanksgiving and cause for joy

Yesterday we were very encouraged by separate conversations with several supporters. Thanks to all of you who are investing the ministry at Georiga Tech! Even small amounts excite us, and we deeply appreciate all your prayers. Thanks for keeping us in your own loop, and please share any prayer requests you have with us, too.

I recently completed Orthodoxy, by G.K. Chesterton. It was, as I'd heard, a good book to familiarize myself with the author. I appreciated the book the good and interesting perspective on a lot of the apologetical attacks on Christianity-- those from his time and many that persist. He concluded with an interesting thought: Jesus displayed His anger and His sorrow here on earth in ways that He hid His joy. One of Chesterton's themes throughout the book was the adventure and joy that man's life with/before God is. Chesterton seemed to suggest that Jesus' joy was too great for us to comprehend and that our best perceptions of it were through a veil.

We often have trouble sharing in that joy. Amber and I know it is very rightly ours in Christ, but our sin and the difficulties in life can distract us from it. But, as Romans 5 says, "We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God." That's one of my favorite verses.

Hope you're all doing well!