Engagement News!!

I am venturing into an area that I have no expertize in, I'm going to be a father-in-law!!! My oldest daughter Amanda called us with the exciting news that her boyfriend proposed to her at school on Friday in front of her 2nd grade class. He must have done it right, because she said yes!! No wedding date has been set yet, but they are thinking early summer of 2007. He is a good guy (an elementary teacher also), and I am glad to have him be a part of the family.

I will gladly accept any words of wisdom from anyone out there with experience in this field!!

De Colores

School Daze

It's back to school time for my 3 kids. Amanda, our oldest is in her second year of teaching in the Junction City school district. She has a class of 2nd graders who will hang on to her every word and action. What an awesome responsibility it is to be entrusted with shaping, molding and nurturing the lives of such young children!

Erin, our middle child, has transfered to Johnson County Community College, where she is going to enter their culinary arts program. She has this real desire to get into the pastry and catering business. She can come home and try out what she learns on ol' dad any time!!

Brian, our youngest is now an official "high schooler". He is a freshman at MHS, and has started two-a-day practices in football. He is discovering new aching muscles every day. Let's hope he exercises his mind in high school as vigorously as he is currently exercising his body!!

Life goes on, Lori and I are getting older, our kids continue to grow and mature, and God continues to bless us beyond measure!!

De Colores

Stay Hydrated

In these hot, dog days of summer, you often hear people say that it is very important to drink lots of fluids in order to not become dehydrated, and cause harm to your body. My son Brian has been doing a lot of conditioning in preparation for the upcoming football season, and we can't seem to keep enough Gatorade around the house!! He drinks it down about as fast as we can buy it!!

It got me to thinking about how we sometimes allow our souls to become "dehydrated", by not seeking God in His Word, not going to church, not taking time to pray, or allowing the busyness of our lives to interfere with doing God's work.

Jesus offers us "living water" to keep our souls hydrated. In John 4:14, he tells the Samaritan woman "Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life".

Stay safe in these hot days, and be sure to drink plenty of fluids!! Likewise, lets keep hydrating our souls with the "Living Water" that Jesus offers us!!

De Colores