Progress Report

A day of contrasts.  First of all, we had a marvellous time driving through a good-sized chunk of Idaho at a wildlife refuge that has a bunch of raptors (birds like hawks, and eagles, and kestrels).  We drove all over for about 5 hours, seeing several birds (as well...

Honeymoon Day 1

Day one of Honeymoon Phase II! We got a little later than planned start this morning due to a little later than planned bedtime last night.  (Had to finish packing!)  But we were on our way by 7:30 under mostly cloudy, threateningly gray type of skies.  (No rain, but...

Current States

I have a cold. That may not be too big a deal to most people; after all, nearly everyone gets a cold occasionally.  And it’s not that it’s a particularly bad cold.  The problem is that it has hit me primarily in my vocal chords, so that I can hardly talk...

District Assembly 2009

We just finished up a really amazing District Assembly.  In addition to all of the other “normal stuff” that always goes on at Assembly, such as pastor’s reports, elections to District positions, and approving reports, we elected a new District...

A Whole New World Opens Up!

So here I am writing my very first BLOG!  It’s amazing!  Just a couple of years ago I didn’t even know what a blog was, and now I am writing one!  When you realize that the things that you are writing can be read literally by anyone on the internet, a...