Lots of news

There's been quite a lot going on around here since I last updated this thing. It's been a while since I've had a chance to do this. There's this campaign going on. You might have heard about it.

That Sarah girl really has folks stirred up. I'm so thankful for the volunteers at our headquarters. They can sit up there at the front and have the same conversation twenty times a day with the folks who come in and want to talk about Sarah and John and Fannie and Freddy and all of it, over and over and over. I can see them from my office and I pray blessings on them all day. I've noticed that it's usually the men who stop in that want to talk the whole thing over. Women come in and get their yard sign or their bumper sticker and they're on their way to the next errand. Men will lean against the door frame and strike up a conversation, and you know they've come to chew on this thing for a while. God bless our volunteers! That's what I say.

Anyway, lots of stuff has been going on. We had this storm that blew a limb down, and it pulled the power thing off of our house and tried to start a fire. We got a call while we were at the Mexican restaurant after church, that the fire department was at our house. Everything was okay, though. No power for a day or so, but we survived. So did the house. Thank you, God.

Then we got a new front walk up to our porch. We had some flagstones left from the terrace project, so we had the guys make a new walk. Avril had a great time watching that process. She was really good company for the guys, too. They never got lonely at all.

Then, we got our new driveway! Yippee! It looks really nice. Avril had a great time watching this, too. She had lots of advice for them. Such a helpful child, really.

Then, the children were nearly eaten by a hippo in St. Louis. They took it all in stride. I saved them, of course. Their cowardly mother just stood there and took pictures.

Then, we had a day at Magic House in St. Louis. It's a great place for kids. Randy loves it. So does Corie. Alex and Avril love it too. It's a wonderful place for kids. I'm good for the first twenty minutes or so. The rest of them feel like they're just getting started after a couple of hours. It's really fun for kids.

You know I really love you if I take you to Magic House.