Some Updates

If you read my sermon from yesterday, you'll note that I talked about blogs somewhat. One of the things that surprised me when I put up my Sitemeter thingy was the many different places people who read my blog (or at least looked) were from.

One of my visitors is a priest from Australia, Katherine Bowyer. She sent me an e-mail early Sunday morning that, unfortunately, I didn't see until later that night. I wish I had read it Sunday morning because it would have been a great tie in with my mention of blogs. Anyway . . . enough of that. Here's what Mthr. Katherine had to say:

I know from reading your blog over the past few years, that you and your
community are only too aware of the devastation and power of bush fires. I
write to ask for your prayers for the people of the state of Victoria at
this time.

 

Today, the full horror of bushfires that rages through parts of the state of
Victoria are becoming known (about 800 kms from where I live, but the threat
of fire is always present for us in Australia). At this stage the death toll
is 84 and growing. The following article gives some idea.

Please keep the people of Australia in your prayers as they battle these wildfires and deal with the devastation that brings.

In other, happier news . . .

The Kid seemed to have a good interview on Saturday as she went before the Group That Holds Her Foreign Exchange Experience In Their Hands (I tried to think of another name, but C.O.M. already taken). She seemed to be poised and articulate and she looked . . . well . . . let's just say she didn't look so much like my little girl anymore. Okay, so maybe I lied when I told the birth instructor that what I was looking forward to the most was the day she moved out.

And last night we had our first attempts at an area youth group. The plan was to show an episode of God, the Devil and Bob, but we had some technical difficulties in that the old tv the church has isn't compatible with the new dvd player we purchased. So . . . we simply ended up playing a couple of games and having a good time. We didn't have a bad turnout, I thought, for our first time. We ended up with six kids; but we knew a couple of others were sick, and at least one had another conflict. So it's got possibilities. Now we just need to figure out how we're going to get a tv and dvd player that work on our very limited budget.

That's about all I've got for now. Now it's back to the routine as I start prepping for next Sunday.