Well it certainly has been some time since we have posted anything significant from a personal standpoint. We have been very busy here in California. the kids are progressing through their schooling with Darylene just finishing her junior year at Fresno State and Travis is finishing his final year at Woodrow Wilson Junior High School. He has really become proficient in Math and all subjects overall and has become one of the top students in the school.We are very proud of him.
Denise has continued her hard work as a nurse for the elderly.It can be a very hard and stressful job at times and when she gets her vacation time we try to make the most of it by searching for places locally that we can travel to and explore. Our church participation takes up a lot of our time. I have numerous responsibilities now including:announcements,producing and running the PowerPoint,developing the weekly bulletins, working on the sound system,Denise does the banking and accounting,I lead in prayer requests,Church gardener(well i do the lawn and clean up the weeds)...so in other words it is a full week of things to do church wise. Lately I have been leading in a series of presentations of DVDs by Rob Bell called NOOMA.They are great 10 to 15 minute vids and then we follow that up in church with an open discussion on how each of us feel about the subject that Rob Bell has brought up.It really is great,as it allows each of us to say exactly how we feel deep down inside with no attacks upon us.A way we can just speak out how we really want and wish for a relationship with God.
I love it!
Our small church went through quite a rough time the past three years and now finally we are seeing very positive results with new people joining us on our spiritual journey and growth is very evident as we are allowing change to take place.