Well, I hope you are all doing well. Congratulations to Kyle & Wendy on becoming an aunt and uncle, and to Nate and Sally who are now a mom and dad!

Nicole, it was great to see you a few weekends ago, and Pam, thanks for taking the time to hang out with us during our surprise visit Sunday.

I am now working at a company called Public Policy Associates, Inc (www.publicpolicy.com) in downtown Lansing. So far, great people and it pays the bills, so I am not complaining.

God is using it more importantly to teach me more about trusting him, really, at a deep level even when the circumstances in life do not feel or seem anywhere on the path for the vision He has given you of Him or for your life. He is also teaching me about the deep power of praise, not just inspite of circumstances, but because of them. Refer to a little book called Prison to Praise written in the 1970s. It is simple and small, but God really used it to hit deep in my heart. Also, I am learning more about contentment. I am not content because of my circumstances right now and learning that I need to grow deeper and closer to God to be so. A useful resource for that for me right now is a series by Graham Cooke, a British pastor, called, I think, Living Your Destiny. http://grahamcooke.com/