A big hello to all of our faithful blog readers! We just returned to the Valley (Phx) after a 5 day trip through New Mexico. We met up with some friends at the half-way point of Santa Fe and then went on to Farmington in the nw corner of the state. We ministered on Sunday in Grace Baptist Church and we were greatly blessed by the people there. So many of them are praying for us and Italy too.
Then, we drove down to Prescott and stayed with Sandy’s sister for the night.
All in all, we’ve just rounded the corner on 1300 miles in the last few days. We’ll be leaving for Italy on Friday so we have a stressful week ahead.
Here’s a little “helper” — while preparing for our trip, I ran across a fantastic website for maps. It’s called Map 24. There are two great aspects to this site. First, the javascript that allows you to move around the maps and streets is fantastic. And second, there’s an international version of the site which covers Europe in amazing detail. Try it out if you like to look up maps and directions.
Dear Family, Friends, and Fans (2 for 3 isn’t bad),
We want to blog warm wishes to you for the New Year. We hope that you’ve had a wonderful Christmas time. We sure have. We’ve been visiting family and friends in Arizona and will be out West through January. Here are some of our highlights and plans:
- Our son Reilly is living in a dream world. He’s being so spoiled and going so many places that it will take months to bring him back to the real world.
- Jessi is now saying “Da-Da” — Sandy won’t admit that she’s saying it — but she is! An independent counsel will be launched soon for verification.
- I got my standard underwear from Santa for the year. After living with toddlers, what could be much more important? Does it offend you that I mention underwear in a professional pastor-missionary weblog?
- Sandy is out shopping - again.
In January, we’ll be visiting some ministry contacts and supporting churches. I have a grad class the first week of January for 5 days and then we’ll be returning to Italy toward the end of the month.
I’ll still keep posting to the weblog here - so keep checking back. Thanks to so many of you who help us in the work by supporting us or praying for us.
