Blogging again

It has been a while since we have blogged, but here we go!





We are enjoying our fall weather, especially after some of the really warm late summer days! Doug is half way through his next to last semester of seminary -- which is really going by fast! The more exciting thing is that yesterday Doug mailed out his resume to a couple districts. This means that in the next few months, we hope to be candidating in a church somewhere! It is time to start thinking about our future! We don't expect to hear from churches until sometime in 2008. Since Doug can't go anywhere until the end of May or early June '08, it is not likely we will hear anything soon.





Here are some pictures that we have taken of fall around here.

A pretty tree on campus

Our mum, and a wider view of our front door with its fall decoration of a mum

Out for a walk on a beautiful fall day.

There is an island (I am not sure if that is what it is actually called!) at the end of one of the streets nearby. They put in beautiful landscaping, and this summer they had these decorative peppers. I think they are really cool! They also had petunias and other greenery on it.

I guess that is it for today. Some other time we will post pictures of Miriam as well!

A few pictures

Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks:





This is a picture that Doug and I picked up for a mere $25. It was on sale at the hotel on campus, and we like it, so we bought it!!!

Does anyone have any idea what type of tree this comes from? It is a beautiful tree, but I don't know what it is!!

These pictures are of the couch and the chair that were set on fire in the laundry room of the apartment building across the street from us. Thankfully no one was hurt!

Now it is back to watching the OSU/Purdue game. Go Buckeyes!!!!

Frailty of human life

Life is precious, life is frail. We saw a man lose his life today on our way to a quiz meet. It was a case of motorcycle vs. car, and unfortunately the guy on the motorcycle lost. He ran through a red light and hit the car that had the right of way. At times like this I feel hopeless. I wish I could do something to make it stop, something to comfort people. The lady driving the car was very distraught, understandably. How would someone deal with killing a person, even though it was not at all her fault? All I could do was pray that God would somehow make himself real to the lady and this guy's family. He was 41 years old. We are called to rejoice in the Father in all things, but sometimes that is difficult. Yet, I can rejoice that He is in the midst of this, working His will through all things.

The quiz meet was very refreshing after this accident. To see kids quoting verses from the first few chapters of Galatians was great. The zone is rather small, but these kids are studying the Word, which is the most important thing. Doug and I went out to Olive Garden after the meet -- soup, salad, and breadsticks! Yummy!

If you are reading this blog, and have the desire to do so, please pray for the families involved in today's accident. Thank you!

First blogspot

Because we too are groupies of Philip and Julie, we are trying to find a place where they can see our pictures. So, here is another site to add to your favorites list! Also, I had a hard time getting the pictures in the order I wanted them, and I am tired after driving home today from Ohio, so the order will remain as is!

For those of you who care, here are a few pictures of our car, broken and repaired. A Tahoe backed into our Nissan, and thankfully their insurance covered things for us!

Out walking at a nature place! The geese were wild Watching the sundial do its thing

The high grass attacked us!

Watching a baseball game -- just relaxing

Surfing the internet
The master chef
Back to the park! Dad and mom give up counting how many boards are on this bridge -- it is too long!

Looking out over a scummy pond -- it looks like it is night, but it was actually the middle of the afernoon!

Dad and daughter

First Blogspot entry

We too are following Philip and Julie around the internet, so hopefully everyone else can keep track of all our sites!