Rainy days and Mondays...

I think the sun is trying to peep out after some morning showers. Yesterday was a beautiful day with a gorgeous sunset. Mark had a great time on his senior class trip out to a Lutheran Bible camp. They did a ropes course, played ultimate frisbee, went swimming (very briefly in a COLD lake), and played paintball besides hanging out, eating great food and having chapel and devotional time together. Mark enjoyed getting to know some classmates he hadn't had a chance to really hang with during his two years at West, but was happy to spend time with these friends.

For our anniversary dinner, we took Mark and Christina with us to Red Lobster. It was fun to go out, just the four of us--that hasn't happened in a long time. Tim and I are still planning a get-away weekend in a couple of weeks so we'll have plenty of time away from kids and home then. We walked out of the restaurant to a most wondrous sunset--a beautiful orange/red ball centered down the middle of the boulevard. Unfortunately, Tim didn't have his camera with him, but it's a sight we won't soon forget.

Work for Tim is starting to trickle back in. I went to the dentist this morning and had my best check up in a long time. I moaned about work woes to my hygenist, whose husband is also a taper and also lamented to my dentist, whose brother-in-law is a general contractor, so maybe we can find some leads there. God is at work all around us.

The worship service yesterday was really awesome. An old neighbor of Tim's parent's (and close friend of Tim's younger brother) spoke at the service. He had been through Teen Challenge and now is the manager of five houses for men who have come out of drug addiction. The sanctuary was packed and there was not a dry eye in the church as he spoke of God's deliverance in his life and the lives of many men present who came to the service from the Serenity Village houses that he manages. He had Tim's cousin Terry come up and prayed for him. It was quite moving.

God is at work in our times of struggle and sorrow. We need to keep our eyes focused on him for our future and to see how he wants to do his work for his kingdom through us.

Till next time,


Suzi