What Is Happening?

One thing that has not been happening is me posting to the blog. It seems that about the time I get more disciplined in one area of my life (more about that later) I seem to drop some other things. Writing down my thoughts and meanderings seems to have taken a back seat the last month. I will attempt to do better. We'll see.

Our Christmas and New Year's were wonderful. I had the last couple of weeks of 2012 off from work and we decided that we would not travel during the holiday season. Shelbi and Mark spent about 5 days with us right around Christmas and we thoroughly enjoyed having them here. Of course, they brought Bear, their new dog with them and he is a great addition to their family.

We watched alot of football, enjoyed the company of family and friends and the weather broke a couple of days so I was able to get a couple of outdoor bike rides in and even jumped in the lake with my new wet suit in Dec.

Sondra enjoyed her time off from school and we enjoyed lots of time together. Morgan was on break from school and she and Wil spent a lot of time together. We really did little out of the ordinary together but it was just good  to be together. Sondra has committed to going back to Guatemala with our church in March and is preparing hard for that and very well could be sending you a letter soon asking you to commit to pray for her and the team.

Sondra's mom has been with us since Thanksgiving and she is still in some of the deciding phase of where she thinks she wants to live. She has yet to make plans to sell her house but we are thankful to have her with us and glad she enjoys good health overall. She has few aches and pains but I remind her she is 80 and things are a little different than they used to be in her body.

I committed to a Half-Ironman race scheduled for April 13 in New Orleans so I have very focused on getting the proper amount of swimming, riding and running completed in preparation. So far so good. I love the discipline part of it and have been very focused. Work continues to challenge and there is much to do through World Changers and P2 Missions. It brings great delight to get to partner with churches in sharing the Gospel and I am thankful for the role I get to play in these ministries through LifeWay.

To each of you, I say Happy New Year and look forward to connecting with you this year. Thanks for being a valued influence in my life.