As the month began, I celebrated another birthday and my wife made me a chocolate cake. It was the only thing I asked for, and I enjoyed it all myself! One of the highlights that day was talking with our kids! The partying carried over into the next day with our small group - and another cake, lemon this time. Another party was waiting for me on Saturday night, with our teen group from church, who is always looking for something to party about. - brownies that time. Lots of cakes to say the least, not to mention the chocolate ice cream cake I received as a present.
On Friday of that week I picked up some virus and got really sick over the weekend. I drugged myself up enough to do the youth group on Saturday, but by Sunday morning I was coughing and had pretty much lost my voice. That was the day I was to start a new preaching series. Thankfully, Tim stepped in for me. By Tuesday, I passed whatever I had on to Sue who, thankfully, didn’t get it as bad as I had, but was still miserable. The cough is still hangng on.
Life is pretty much back to “normal”… the new preaching series is moving ahead; the church ministries team met; land search goes on; but we now add our car to the "to do" list – she’s getting older and is starting to make demands like new tires and a new battery for starters.
This past Saturday was a farewell party with our teen group as Lucas - the guy in the shot below with the apple on his shirt - heads out on a short term missions trip to work for Youth With a Mission in Hawaii.
He is the first missionary sent out by our young church. We have seen Lucas grow spiritually over these past few years. In the past few months we have walked him through the mission and visa application processes. It is tremendous seeing God work out each detail as he gets ready. Sue is helping him with English and he is doing well, but being an extrovert and not afraid os saying some things wrong has helped. He’ll arrive on the Big Island on Friday.Sunday was a carry-in supper at church. 
No one went away hungry – physically or spiritually. We had a full house for an uplifting evening of worship – including a baby dedication (though some found it tiring),
mission emphasis, and our study in the book of Nehemiah.
Not much else to write about. We’ll catch up again later. Tchau!
No one went away hungry – physically or spiritually. We had a full house for an uplifting evening of worship – including a baby dedication (though some found it tiring),
mission emphasis, and our study in the book of Nehemiah.
Not much else to write about. We’ll catch up again later. Tchau! 
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