that which has been, is and will be.

We've been back in the United States for over 4 months. If you haven't yet seen pictures from our trip through South East Asia on our way home, feel free to check them out on facebook.

I was able to be in Marcus and Jenny's wedding. We were able to spend some special time in Portland and Astoria with family around Thanksgiving time. We we're so blessed to see some dear friends. We've also enjoyed all of my brothers and sisters being in or near Potter for the first time in quite a while. Lot's of family dinners and mushroom hunts, waking up early to go snowboarding or crabbing, cooking and eating much good food, and even a week in Mexico with the lot of us, even those ornery twins who we'll get to meet in two months.

I've been subbing at Potter Valley High School. Shelby's been her usual saint-like self, babysitting my grandpa, or even an actual baby from time to time as needed. I've been blessed with the opportunity to share from God's Word at church a few times, as well as be involved in playing music again. I've been baking lot's of bread, reading a few books, trying to fix our truck and enjoying 70 degree weather in January.

We're looking towards life in Portland. We'll probably be living there by this time next month. We're hoping to find a place to live, a place to work, and a place to fellowship, worship and serve. I'm getting really excited to be headed to seminary studies, probably at Western Seminary, or at Multnomah. Shelby is hoping to start the degree completion program at Multnomah.

So anyways, we don't know what the future holds, but God does and we're rather excited to be following after him and to see where that may lead us.

Here I raise mine Ebenezer, hither by thy help I'm come. And I hope(will), by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home.

Check 1 Samuel 7:12 if you think Ebenezer has something to do with Scrooge, or otherwise have no clue.