We have greatly enjoyed the past couple of days with family! We even hiked a bit!

It has been good to slow down and just be. Too often our lives get so crazy busy that we don't take time to enjoy each other as we should. These last couple of days have been a blessing to Deanna and me in this way. We are without our girls and that is sad, but we have enjoyed each other and the family we are with!

Today we are heading to Tuscola, Illinois to spend time with Tuscola First Christian Church. We are sharing at their awards ceremony/banquest tonight. Tomorrow we will head to Indy at some point.

We stopped into a bookstore that BJ loved to frequent and could not find our book. The manager told us he could not keep it in the store. However, he said the corporate office will only let them get two at a time. He asked us if we knew where else it could be purchased locally. We told him, but honestly the frustration of not being able to get the books into the stores so that people can get them is frustrating to us.

In spite of this, we know God is using the testimony and we continue to hear from adults and students alike, who inform us of how God has ministered change in their hearts as a result of reading it. For this we truly praise Him, and we know that this whole matter is in His hands. There seems to be little we can do to affect the kind of change we would believe to be necessary. Fortunately, it is not up to us, and our Savior knows how to move in the hearts of people without our help.

We have seen Him do a mighty work and we simply want to be found obedient to where He leads.

God bless you, and we will touch base when we can...from the midwest!

dad