Holy Cow! A Year Already?!!

Yesterday, Sunday, August 11th, was Shelbi and Mark's 1st Anniversary. What a whirlwind the week was leading up to their wedding, and what an amazingly quick year it has been since that wonderfully, great day. This past week we were blessed to have Mark and Shelbi at the house for a few days. I have to tell you that it is very exciting to see how the two of them are honoring God in their lives and relationships. Sure makes a dad proud.

It also pretty much marks a year that Morgan and Wilson (Wil or Wil P. as I call him) have been officially dating. I am not sure if I have introduced Wil to my blog readers but I guess if Morgan is going to keep him around for a year, I better do some introductions. Wil and Morgan met at Union and both graduated this past May. Wil graduated with a double major (best I remember) in history and I think biology. He is smart guy. He knows alot about alot of things but does not come across as a know-it-all by any stretch. He is his own person which I actually admire and when he called last year to ask our permission to date Morgan, I told him he would have to bring his A game because Morgan is her own person and not easily impressed (that is not a dig on Morgan, just a fact). He keeps hanging around and we like him. He and Morgan did the Warrior Dash this past weekend up in KY and so he keeps her active. It is fun to watch them interact with one another.

We also say goodbye today to Jordan who has been staying with us this summer. He was doing an internship at Sam's here in Nashville and needed a place to stay for a couple of months. Great young man who has a couple of job offers that he is mulling over. Pray that God will show Him clearly what He wants him to do. We have enjoyed having Jordan around. He has also delivered on some good pecans. Not his only contribution to our family, but a pretty good one.

I have been traveling quite a bit doing training on the weekends and finding myself a little tired but I get so energized spending time with student/youth leaders across the country. So many people who love Jesus and students and their families. It is a privilege to learn from them.

Sondra is still simply amazing. We continue to pray for her mom and her back. She is slowly getting some better. It is a long process. We are grateful for the care that Bronwyn and Phil are providing for her and are planning to go to either OK or MO in the next few weeks to celebrate Joyce's 80th birthday.