We take it for granted, friends. We serve a God who allows us to live for Him and make our own decisions. Does He expect us to make decisions that please Him and glorify Him?

Early this morning (August 11, 2007), Paul and Lynne (Lindsay’s employers) welcomed their second daughter into this world. Her name is Isabel Mia Owens. We got a chance to visit them briefly in the hospital this evening. They all seem to be doing well. I’m sure there will be more pictures on their blog in the near future.

These are some clips from our Father’s Day/birthday/dedication party at Zach and Sarah’s house. We had lots of fun with family and friends.

So, my idea of daily “thankful for” posts went to crap…Oh well. Today I’m going to write a few. The first is “friends”. In my life I haven’t had a whole lot of friends. Of course, as a child I had a built-in best friend, my twin brother Marc. So, I never really felt the need to make a whole lot of friends. In high school, I suppose I had one real friend other than Marc, and his name is Eric Sears. We went to the same church and worked together building pools in the summer.

One of my favorite high school teachers, Kenneth Randle, just found out that he has a malignant brain tumor. He was just getting over having a liver transplant, and now he has to have brain surgery. Apparently the doctors are very optimistic about removing the entire tumor and returning him to full health. Please be praying for his surgery and recovery. He is an amazing Christian man and has a great family.

Pastor Randy says this a lot at church, and it’s so very true. This weekend, we were just overwhelmed with blessing from God. Friday night we were able to enjoy each other and watch a movie together. Then, Saturday morning we had Worship Team practice.

Yesterday we attended the wedding of Garrett Wood and Chelsee Penrose in Plymouth, IN. Lindsay has known Garrett since high school, and we attended the Purdue BCM with both of them during our years at Purdue. Lindsay was also Chelsee’s roommate during her junior year.