June 16th

It has been awhile since I put something on the blog. We have been busy camping out at our church on the church grounds. This makes 13 or 14 years that we have been doing camping on Father's Day. It started as a Father/Son camp out and has developed into a family camp out. Patti and I as well as Clarence and Barb were out there Thursday thru Sunday. Lots of fun and lots of activities. Caleb and Micah came real close (reach out and touch close) to a deer in full run coming out of the woods. Close call. We rode the four wheelers and dune buggy and all seemed to have fun.

Tragic news from the church today. Jason Cox was killed in Iraq by an IED. Jason's dad, Greg, and I prayed many times for his three boys and my son Steve as they were over there. Greg is very proud of his three sons, all of whom are serving in the military. Jason was just three weeks from coming home. I know it strikes my heart hard as I remember Steve's time there and my two of my three nephews who were there. Pray for Greg and his family. Pray also for the nearly 2 dozen other men and women serving who have ties to our church thru membership or family.