Busy...busy...busy...

I have not brought anyone up to date on my personal life and schedule since January because I have been so busy.  General Board meetings in February, trips around the district to handle situations, Wyoming, New York, Ohio district board meetings and conference, UGST board meeting and graduation…plus an overseas trip to Prague, Czech Rebuplic and Riga, Lativia have all been jammed into my schedule.  I also had a wonderful 25th Pastoral anniversary celebration with a banquet and special services over the weekend of May 17-18.  My Bible college president (TBC) and his wife, Bro. & Sis. Fred Foster were with me and did a wonderful job. 

 Now, we are gearing up for a summer of camps, plus a wedding in the fall for my son Ross and his fiance, Melissa Thrush.  In addition to all of this, we will have the one-year-old birthday party for MaKinzie.  Yes, June 18th she will be a year old.  Please pray for her.  She is having some health problems with regard to her immune system.  They still don’t know what it is or how to treat it.  She has been the delight of our lives for the last year. 

Both Ryan and Megan, and Ross and Melissa have bought houses this spring.  Rene is back in school at Lourdes College, hopefully working toward a degree in child psychology or education.  I am very proud of her and believe that she will succeed.  My wife is a wonderful help mate to me and is doing a lot of teaching, speaking, writing and leading at this stage of her life as well.

I am working on my second book in the Leadership series.  I have about 5-6 chapters to go before I submit it to be published.  I will tell you this…I am not bored with life.  I feel energized, motivated and positive about the future!  There are just not enough hours in the day to get it all done.  I like what I read the other day, though.  “There are not enough hours in the day to get everything done, but there is enough time to get all the important things done!”  My problem is…I think everything is important.  Oh well.  I will have to decide sooner or later.  Meanwhile, I keep on working.