Sage's Surgery

Hi all,

Just a quick note. For those of you who have been following our adoption story, you know that our daughter Sage had an eye issue that required surgery. Well, today we did that, and she came through with flying colors. She was an incredible champ for the whole thing. The surgery took around one and a half hours, and the Doctor removed her right eye and replaced it with a new, fake one. It's pretty amazing when you think about it. I'm not a huge fan of hospitals, or detailing what happens in them, so that's about all you're going to get from me. If you want the whole story, you can talk to my wife :). But, the end result is that Sage is doing great, she's home, and she's well on the road to recovery. Thanks for all your prayers for this day. We'll see you soon.

Bill

The Calm before the Storm

Hello again,

So, VBS is done! What a great success. What a wonderful time to tell kids about the love of Jesus. But, did I mention that it's done? We had a great time, really, and all the hard work from so many volunteers was really worth it. With that I'm taking a relaxing day before Sunday and then I get a nice two week vacation. We won't be going anywhere. Instead we'll actually have our daughter's eye surgery, and move into a new house on the agenda. Not much of a "vacation" but it will be good to get it all done. In the meantime, I might actually update the blog on my vacation, but not about work related stuff. Sorry, if you want to read my review on "District 9" or hear about my latest hernia from moving too many boxes, log on! And before all that, we'll see you on Sunday!

A Big Gap

So sorry I've been gone for so long! This has been a very busy summer. Much busier than normal in the church I would say. Still, I'm just making excuses. If any of you are still reading this, I apologize for being quite tardy in a new post. I thought I'd get a brief one out today. We're right in the middle of Vacation Bible Surf here at church and it's going very well. We have almost 120 kids! What a blessing. We had a great story come out of Bible Study yesterday. One of our leaders asked his small group of kids what they had learned about Jesus today. And the child responded that he knew, even with everything else he learned about Jesus, "He still dies at the end. I saw the movie." Out of the mouth of babes, right! Well, to put a theological spin on it, Thank God that Jesus dies on our behalf. And Thank God that He rises again! Have a great day.

Pastor Bill