Chris' First Night Preaching at Alderwood

Let me start off by saying Chris did an incredible job preaching last night! He taught out of 1 peter. Quick interesting fact for those of you that did not know... Chris started walking through 1 Peter with the Pwood Jhigh the same night that Alderwood began first Peter! He got to pick up right where he left off! How cool is that. Anyway, back to the story... Chris started off the night by introducing the Alderwood students to a famous Texas game known as "Gorilla, Man, Gun." It seemed to be a hit. Maybe that was simply because he put a Johnny Cash/western spin on the game. After the evening was over he received many encouraging complements from students and leaders about his preaching. If you would like to hear his sermon click here http://buddydogproductions.net/blog/  He loved every minute of it! I want to give a quick shout out to all of you that have sent snail mail from back home.. we LOVE it. Thanks for thinking of us! Chris and his team lost their soccer game again on Tuesday. They were leading 4 to 1 the first half and then the other team put in their version of David Beckham and that was all she wrote. Of course he had a blast just playing the game. Enough about Chris.. :) Let me tell you what I have been doing. For any of you that know my dad, he is what we call an ebayaholic and he was so proud to find out that I am now selling things on ebay! Since moving in we have found many clothing items etc that we dont have as big of a need for in a cold and rainy place, so on to ebay they go. The extra cash flow doesnt hurt either. Besides that I have been busy getting the new place in order. You can look below for a picture of the completed guest room that is awaiting visitors! Ive also been asking around about some nursing schools and I think I will have to sell a kidney to afford any of them. Seems the farther north you go, the more expensive everything is. A random fact for all you Texans: Gas is 4.20 here in good ole Washington so quit complaining. Tonight will be Chris' first night teaching the college group and we want to thank all of our faithful prayer warriors for lifting him up during these times.

pictures: the finished guest room, welcome cards from alderwood students, and Chris preaching last night