A Stone's Throw

• Had a great day at church today!
• We talked about Communion and took the Lord’s Supper together.
• The band sounded really good today!
• Chris Jones (a.k.a. Vinny) talked about Aug. 9th KidStuf Kickoff. . . totally pumped about the KidStuf ministry–where kids bring their parents to church!
• Lily Hatley was at church for the first time! Congrats Chris and Becky and big sister Kenzie!
• Baptism was great at the girls’ pool. Thanks again ladies!
• The picnic at the Lake Springfield park was hot . . . really hot! Lots of fun stuff . . . frisbees, footballs, and little bity motorcycle rides for the kids (thanks Nicolas!) The kids really loved riding the motorcycle with you. I told Taylor to enjoy it because we are NEVER getting you one!
• There was a family of deer on the way up to the pavilion yesterday.  There were three little fawns, couldn’t have been more than a couple of months old.  You reserve the deer as well as the pavilion on that kind of deal!  Spared no expense to have them working like that on Sunday!
• Mark Wofford’s mom and dad celebrated their last Sunday on the field on the Lakota Sioux reservation in South Dakota today! They come “back home” to Springfield this week. Pray for them! 23 years of ministry to the Lord brings many mixed emotions I’m sure. I am really looking forward to meeting them this week.
• Cleaned out the van this evening. Man, having two boys really puts wear and tear on that thing! The exploding Cherry Limade and Sprite “straw through the bottom of the cup ordeal” on vacation made for some “pretty” stains on the carpet.
• Taylor and I caught a few minutes of Ice Road Truckers this evening. Not near as cool as Deadliest Catch or Dirty Jobs, but pretty cool nonetheless.
• I could watch the Rollofs pretty much all day. Caught a few minutes of the Little People, Big World marathon this afternoon flipping between them and the NASCAR race.
• Man, I watch WAY too much TV at night!!
• Looking forward to leading worship with Jenny at Kid’s Camp this next weekend! Not looking forward to the sleep deprivation and being away from the boys and sleeping in a room with someone else’s boys!
• Heading to Big Cedar Lodge tommorow night! We got a couple of nights given to us to enjoy as a family. This couple have a cool ministry called “Green Pastures”and seeks to minister to people by giving away timeshare nights so people can have Psalm 23 rest and sabbath. Very cool. Lazy river, here we come!!
• Haven’t slept very well the last couple of nights. I’m going to sleep well tonight! I hope!

Got this from one of our folks today. Thought it was really good. Don’t make a habit of forwarding emails, so this is as good of a place as any for this truth.

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Taylor came in this morning and said, “You’re not going to like this, we have a bird in our house again!”  Well, technically in the house, but in my mind anyway, the garage isn’t “in the house.”  Another, I hope not the same one as last time, is “stuck” in our garage.  Can’t figure out how to get out–except for that HUGE hole called a garage door!!  The thing is currently perched in a Christmas wreath on the wall in the garage over the door.  Nice.  Maybe that is how the other one got in the house the other day.  Mr. Birdy, meet Mr. Trout net!