Wow, time has really gotten away from me since my last post. I've got to shape up and be a better blogger. All this here newfangled technology has just got my brain all up in a tizzy. Seriously though. 2008 has been the most wonderful year so far. Here have been some of the highlights...

-Disney World with my girls. Every time that Caroline prays she thanks God for all the things that we did at Disney World.

-Upward Basketball. This was our biggest and best year yet. Thanks coaches, referee's (Ken Michael especially) parents, and players. A big thanks to Coach Lora and Coach Tiara. Emily had a great time and loves you both (especially Coach Tiara). We averaged 800 people every saturday for 6 weeks in our gym (350 of them do not attend a church on Sunday) watching basketball and hearing testimonies of what our Great God has done. God has begun working in the lives of several families through this ministry.

-Salvation. My daughter Emily and my Brazilian daughter Marina were both saved and baptized in February.

-Aslan is on the move... God is working in the hearts of many children and we are seeing salvations and baptisms almost weekly. Many of them are being saved at home, after school, before church... in places where you know that it is the Lord's conviction. AWESOME!!!

-80 degrees, snow, can somebody get me some gopher wood please while I gather up the animals. The weather has been crazy. Seems like the earth is uncomfortable, kind of like a woman about to give birth. hmmmmmm

-Horton Hears a Who. A definite must see. Great for the whole family with some serious spiritual messages. I was fighting back tears at the end as Horton showed a phenomenal picture of Jesus, our enmity with God, and His resolution. Jim Carrey isn't over the top and Steve Carrell is great. Speaking of Steve Carrell, if you haven't seen Evan Almighty you are missing a great flick that is very family friendly. Evan Almighty has a PG rating (which is much less than most commercials should have)

-Glasses. Emily continues to progress with her vision therapy, Caroline is doing great with her glasses, and we seem to have found that once again, the seed of the man is to blame for the problem. After 30 years without a vision screening it turns out that I have some farsighted difficulties and some pretty significant depth perception issues. (I now understand why I could never judge a fly ball to the outfield.) I have also joined the ranks of those who require corrective lenses. Hopefully they make me look smart as I could use all the help I can get.

-Smithson on American Idol. Well, I don't guess we're really related but I gotta root for my name.

-Belle. We got another horse. She's no Daisy but she is a beautiful little paint mare and should make a solid little kid horse.

Until next time, this has been random musings from Stu

Jesus is AWESOME!!!