I think we'll go "live" with this blog - I've pushed all the buttons I can find and it still seems to look readable.
The big events for us last week were Abby finishing her first swim season - and doing really well. You can check out her stats at http://www.dvsharks.com/. It was a fun 2 months for all of us.
Jeff's in India this week dodging elephants and cranky customers (see pictures above of 1- a cow in the road because...., and 2 - the Taj Mahal) He's just e-mailed that the heat index is 118 and it's been overcast, so there's no way to know what it's like with the sun out.
Michael's in VBS with some buddies - and was pleased to tell me that God didn't really speak to them at church today, it was just a funny guy with a microphone hiding behind the curtain.
Matti's busy at home with mom. He's in that "I'm 3 and I'm a sponge stage" so we've been reading lots of Bible Stories. We read Jonah last nite and he deliberated over the whole thing for a while really trying to understand why Jonah was thrown overboard. I kept telling him it was because Jonah made a bad choice and "bad choices always hurt". That didn't seem to satisfy him so I then explained that Jonah's bad choice was saying "no" to God. "Matti we don't ever say 'no' to God - that's a very bad choice". He thought a minute and with his adorable grin looked up and said "But mommy can we say 'no ma'am' to God"?
Friday we had to drive to the airport and Matti got to see his first rainbow. It was beautiful and a thrill to watch him experience the whole thing. On our way home though the rainbow was gone and he was desperate to know where it went. Finally he calmed down and said "mommy, I know where the rainbow went - it went back in my Bible".
You can check out Cindy's latest speaking gig at http://www.destinychurch.net/ if you'd like. We're doing a series on the "beattitudes" and I was fortunate enough to get an assignment in the series. I really love that whole experience - maybe all this practice talking is paying off :)
The big events for us last week were Abby finishing her first swim season - and doing really well. You can check out her stats at http://www.dvsharks.com/. It was a fun 2 months for all of us.
Jeff's in India this week dodging elephants and cranky customers (see pictures above of 1- a cow in the road because...., and 2 - the Taj Mahal) He's just e-mailed that the heat index is 118 and it's been overcast, so there's no way to know what it's like with the sun out.
Michael's in VBS with some buddies - and was pleased to tell me that God didn't really speak to them at church today, it was just a funny guy with a microphone hiding behind the curtain.
Matti's busy at home with mom. He's in that "I'm 3 and I'm a sponge stage" so we've been reading lots of Bible Stories. We read Jonah last nite and he deliberated over the whole thing for a while really trying to understand why Jonah was thrown overboard. I kept telling him it was because Jonah made a bad choice and "bad choices always hurt". That didn't seem to satisfy him so I then explained that Jonah's bad choice was saying "no" to God. "Matti we don't ever say 'no' to God - that's a very bad choice". He thought a minute and with his adorable grin looked up and said "But mommy can we say 'no ma'am' to God"?
Friday we had to drive to the airport and Matti got to see his first rainbow. It was beautiful and a thrill to watch him experience the whole thing. On our way home though the rainbow was gone and he was desperate to know where it went. Finally he calmed down and said "mommy, I know where the rainbow went - it went back in my Bible".
You can check out Cindy's latest speaking gig at http://www.destinychurch.net/ if you'd like. We're doing a series on the "beattitudes" and I was fortunate enough to get an assignment in the series. I really love that whole experience - maybe all this practice talking is paying off :)
