Catching Up

The days are are all blurring together right now as the calendar rushes toward Christmas dragging us along with it.

Wednesday
Wednesday was back to MMS to keep working toward the end of the year. The winter storm never did hit but it has stayed cold in the 20's and 30's except when it jumps to the 50's and rains before dropping to 33 degrees and rain with heavy overcast regardless of what the weather is. But then we've been spared all the nasty stuff that arrived north of us and south of us, east of us and west of us.

Thursday
You know how hard days can be good days (in the long-run from a spiritual perspective)? Well, my Thursday at MMS was a hard day. I praise the Lord for His grace and patience with me and the grace and patience of my brothers and sisters at MMS. Growing is painful but God promises to finish what He starts and He's not done with me yet!

Friday
Friday was as good a day as Thursday was hard as I basically spent my entire day in conversation with Dwight and then in the afternoon with Bob as well. We all agree that God is doing great things at MMS and are excited to discover how He is going to choose to reveal and glorify Himself in and through MMS in 2009.

Karen and I had a fun evening as Tim and Michele came over. We built a fire; enjoyed dessert, egg-nog, coffee, and conversation; and watched "A Christmas Carol" featuring George C. Scott.

Today
Karen and I slept in a little as she was soon off to a morning Christmas Tea at a friend's house. I ventured out in our 27 degrees, ran some last pre-Christmas errands, and am now sitting down to write letters, emails, and thank you notes to supporters, friends, and family. That and to try and wrap my head around the fact that Christmas is Thursday.

Christmas Week
We'll be here for Christmas morning, spend Christmas afternoon with friends, and head off to Lancaster, Pennsylvania Friday morning. We'll visit with our small group from Grace Church that night and visit with family and friends on Saturday. Sunday morning we'll worship with our brothers and sisters at Grace Church @ Willow Valley and then take part in the Shrom Christmas Family Gathering and Holiday Extravaganza (Karen's originally a Shrom), Sunday evening. We should be back late Monday, Lord and weather willing.

Thanks for checking in! Blogging may be rather hit and miss over the next week or so...